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Error sending SMS via AppleScript

See original GitHub issue

See the error message here: https://controlc.com/21f386c1

Issue created by BlueBubbles Bot in the BlueBubbles commnity on behalf of @zach in #support.

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

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conlankcommented, Jan 16, 2021

I did some further digging and found the issue with the fallback script.

original bluebubbles script

tell application \"Messages\"
	set targetChat to a reference to chat id \"SMS;-;+15555555555\"
	send \"Are you there?\" to targetChat 
end tell

– error gives "Can’t get chat id … (-1728) "

fallback bluebubbles script

tell application \"Messages\"
	set targetService to 1st service whose service type = SMS
	set targetBuddy to buddy \"+15555555555\" of targetService
	send \"Are you there?\" to targetBuddy 
end tell

– gives variable SMS is not defined

working script if run from terminal could be used for fallback

tell application "Messages"
	set targetService to 1st service whose service type = iMessage
	set targetBuddy to buddy \”+15555555555\” of service \"SMS\"
	send \”Are you there?\” to targetBuddy
end tell

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conlankcommented, Jan 17, 2021

That script doesn’t work on Big Sur anyways (at least as far as I can tell with screwing around with permissions for 20ish minutes). That second script was intended to add starting new conversations for big sur.