Push text snippets and URLs from Mac to iPhone by WeiChuan (Chinese:微传) as Mac OS X service ( in Menu → Services
→ Send to iPhone
)
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Download and unzip Send to iPhone and locate the
SendToIphone.service
file. -
Copy it to the
Services
folder.- Open a new Finder window by switching to the Finder and choosing File → New Finder Window.
- Navigate to the
Library
folder in your home folder by holding the alt/option key and then choosingGo
→Library
. - Inside the
Library
folder, open theServices
folder. If it does not exist, create it. - Copy the
SendToIphone.service
file into theServices
folder.
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Make sure it is not blocked by Gatekeeper.
- Double-click the service.
- An alert may appear with the text "service name can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer". This is a security feature in OS X. If you encounter this alert, click
OK
to close the dialog, then right click (or control+click ) the service and chooseOpen
from the contextual menu. When the alert appears again, click theOpen
button to enable the service. - This is the Gatekeeper feature in OS X, warning about downloaded software without a traceable cryptographic signature being used for the first time. For more information, search Mac Help for "Gatekeeper".
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Setup ~/.weichuanrc create
.weichuanrc
in your $HOME folder
username: username
authcode: authcode_or_leave_empty
✓ The Send to iPhone
service is installed and can be used from applications.
The script is made possible with ThisService