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Re: Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files

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Post by HnUser12 »

anonymouse008 wrote: post #7
nlawalker wrote: post #6

The use of “computer” throughout got me excited. Requires a Mac, yes?

Yep, is AppleScript Still don’t know how they get around auto send, iMessage required user input last time I tried this [Edit] Shortcuts still require user interaction, apparently mac does not, that's interesting

On iOS shortcuts you don’t need user interaction if you disable “show when run” on the shortcut.

Re: Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files

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anonymouse008 wrote: post #26

Here's an Apple Script moving through iMessage to SMS if required. Make sure to add helpers to update the recipients contact to default to SMS, otherwise you're just cluttering your Messages history with failed messages. -------- tell application "Messages" set phoneNumber to "+15555555555" set messageToSend to "This is a test!" try set iMessageService to (1st account whose service type = iMessage) set iMessageBuddy…

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Re: Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files

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Post by dsalzman »

I’ve built something similar with ios shortcuts. One shortcut that uses prompts and data jar to schedule and store messages. It also creates a cal event as a reminder to myself. It supports group texts. Then I have three automations that run in the morning, noon, and afternoon that check for scheduled messages and send them. Works well. Happy to share if interest.

Re: Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files

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Post by anonymous344 »

dsalzman wrote: post #36

I’ve built something similar with ios shortcuts. One shortcut that uses prompts and data jar to schedule and store messages. It also creates a cal event as a reminder to myself. It supports group texts. Then I have three automations that run in the morning, noon, and afternoon that check for scheduled messages and send them. Works well. Happy to share if interest.

what's the purpose for this?

Re: Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files

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Post by password4321 »

Solvency wrote: post #20
anonymouse008 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately no, Apple has usage limits on iMessage / SMS relaying. Many people hack around this, SendBlue.co being the only long running service, but it's full of the graveyard of folks trying to do this.

What does this mean in practice? I leave my Messages app on my laptop open all day and correspond entirely through it with family. Since I'm typing I send messages rapidly at volume. I've never once hit a limit. Think hundreds of responses a day. If an app running on my machine has subclassed the Messages app and is reading strings and sending hit strokes to the (Send) button on my behalf, how can Apple possibly rate…

By number of different recipients?

Re: Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files

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Post by jitl »

anonymous344 wrote: post #37
dsalzman wrote: post #36

I’ve built something similar with ios shortcuts. One shortcut that uses prompts and data jar to schedule and store messages. It also creates a cal event as a reminder to myself. It supports group texts. Then I have three automations that run in the morning, noon, and afternoon that check for scheduled messages and send them. Works well. Happy to share if interest.

what's the purpose for this?

Sometimes I’m up at 4am and want to send a message to someone at a reasonable hour when they’re not going to be in Do-not-Disturb mode, seems like a good enough way to accomplish. I use Slack “schedule tomorrow for 9am” pretty frequently for the same use case.

Re: Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files

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Post by jitl »

ddtaylor wrote: post #31
mrweasel wrote: post #22

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If given the choice between writing AppleScript or Python I'm picking Python. Maybe Python can generate my AppleScript is really as close as I want to be to AppleScript.

You can write AppleScript with JavaScript syntax these days, it’s not as Python as Python but it’s substantially less AppleScript than AppleScript.
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