Create Outlook-like reminders for Mail with a keyboard shortcut
I just read this hint, about creating Outlook-like reminders for Mail, and thought I would submit my variation on this that I created a few weeks ago. I liked the functionality of creating reminders from e-mail messages and having the link for the message in the reminder, but the requirement of dragging and dropping killed it for me.
So I created an Automator service and AppleScript that gives me the exact same result but with a keyboard shortcut so I never have to leave Mail.
Create a new Automator service.
Select “Service receives no input.”
Add Get Selected Mail Items and select Messages in the drop down menu.
Add Run AppleScript and paste in the following script:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Mail"
set _sel to selection
set _links to {}
set the _message to item 1 ¬
of the _sel
set theSubject to subject of ...
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