How to reveal the front Skim PDF document in Finder and in DEVONthink

You can use the following AppleScript to reveal the front Skim PDF document in Finder:

You can use the following AppleScript to reveal the front Skim PDF document in DEVONthink:

In order for the last AppleScript to work properly, you need to have the DEVONthink URL in the fourth Skim note of the first page of the PDF in the following form:

x-devonthink-item://648847AF-4714-4328-916C-6169A6389124?page=0

In my post “How to put DevonThink links in Skim note” I describe how this can be done automatically.

Moreover you need to adjust appropriately the name of the DEVONthink database  in the line:

    tell database “MySources”

One Response to “How to reveal the front Skim PDF document in Finder and in DEVONthink”

  1. Dan says:

    Thanks for this script and keep up the very interesting blog. I've been needing a Skim script just like the first.

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