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# Use AppleScript to make Markdown Links
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/use-applescript-to-make-markdown-links/
- Published: 2016-02-01T14:00:14.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-01T14:00:14.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: goodies, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

![MD-icon](https://birchtree.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/MD-icon.png) 

**Markdown Link from Safari** is an easy to use and incredibly obviously-named script you can run on your Mac to quickly generate a linked-list post to your clipboard so you can get to writing. Here's what the result will look like:

\[{ title }\]({ url })

\>{ selection }

Nothing too fancy, but it's amazing if you can trigger it to run with a keyboard shortcut or some other voodoo on your Mac (if you're interested in a tool like this, you probably have tricks).

## Download

You can [download the AppleScript](http://d.pr/f/1lPZx+?ref=birchtree.me) and do with it what you will, and I've also created an [Alfred action you can install](http://d.pr/f/16JkH+?ref=birchtree.me) to execute it from the wonderfulness that is [Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com/?ref=birchtree.me).

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*NOTE: This script only works with Safari. Google Chrome does not support AppleScript, so I wasn't able to make this browser-agnostic. If there is a trick, I'd love to hear it!*