Hi,
You can export Skim notes to Evernote using AppleScript.
Credits to Stephen Margheim.
My notes here.
http://lsfalimis.github.io/mac/2014/05/13/highlighting-procedure-chrome-jstor-hazel-skim-keyboard-maestro-applescript-and-evernote/
Best,
On Friday, 30 May 2014, Sebastian Khalil Zada <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Christiaan,
>
> I just tried to open the file again, while having a look at the Activity
> Monitor.
> CPU% rises very quickly to 100% and stays, then Skim hangs up.
>
> Oh wait, suddenly, the file just opened?!
> I do export the skim notes now quickly...
>
> I will close the pdf-file now and try to open it again.
> CPU% rises to 100% again, the System says "Skim (doesn't react)" again,
> just like before
> but ... if I just wait for about 2 minutes the file opens in the end.
>
> That's it. The file opens but it takes minutes!!!
>
> On the one hand, I feel very happy now, that I could export the notes and
> export the file to a pdf with highlights included,
> but on the other hand, from now on I'm really worried about working
> further with Skim.
>
> I can't risk to get my work and effort lost again.
> Seems like a bug?!
>
> Can I find out why it takes about 2 minutes until the file opens?
> Or can I help the support team to identify this bug?
>
> What if I can't handle to fix this, is it possible to import the
> highlights and notes (the .skim-file)
> to another software, like e.g. Papers 3?
> I would not like to change, because I like to work with Skim, but this Bug
> makes me concerned.
>
>
> Sebastian
>
>
>
> Am 30.05.2014 um 22:44 schrieb Christiaan Hofman:
>
>
> On May 30, 2014, at 21:22, Sebastian Khalil Zada wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I really need your help!
>
> I was working on two pdf-files using Skim to highlight a lot of text parts.
> Then I was looking for a possibility to change the color of all highlights
> all at once
> and finally found these applescripts:
> https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/skim-app/index.php?title=AppleScript
>
> I did download two of the "Example Scripts"
> - "Set Color of Notes" and
> - "Set Interior Color of Notes"
>
> then I created the folder Library/Scripts/Applications/Skim/
> and put both scripts to the folder as described under "Adding Scripts for
> Skim" on the site mentioned.
>
> After that, I first opened a pdf-file which I didn't need to work with,
> just for testing the function.
> Highlighting some parts and changing them all at once by using the
> AppleScript from the menubar did work well.
>
> But when i tried to open one of the files, I was working on all the time
> before, Skim just hung up.
> I tried to open the pdf several times, but Skim hung up constantly. The
> pdf can be opened with
> MacOSX Preview, but not with Skim anymore. What's wrong now? How can I fix
> that problem???
>
> I'm really nervous now, because I did highlight more than 100 pages, which
> took a lot of time to work on.
> If that is all gone, all the work was for nothing.
>
> I also tried to reinstall Skim, delete the folder with the applescripts,
> put the folders back, .... I tried different variations,
> but that didn't help at all.
>
> The second pdf I was working on is okay.
> I don't understand what happened and how to fix this now?!
>
> Please help me.
>
> Best regards,
> Sebastian
>
>
> I really have no idea what could have happened. There is also nothing at
> all special about AppleScript, that does exactly the same thing to the data
> as just adding in Skim yourself, nothing otherwise, so there should be no
> difference whatsoever between the data. Perhaps you can see where it hangs
> when you open the file, using Activity Monitor and the Sample Process
> feature.
>
> Christiaan
>
>
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