Create permanent links to any file on your Mac so you never have dead links in your notes anymore. Links created using this mechanism can be used pretty much anywhere in your Mac applications.
Every file will be opened with the default application for its type (set the default application).
Auto install script
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cglacet/uuid-scheme/master/install.sh)"Manual installtion
Download the sources from the latest release extract the uuidopen.app in one of your Application folder, install both automator workflows located in automator/Link (uuid markdown).workflow and automator/Link (uuid).workflow (double cliking the file should allow you to install it).
Find the file you want to reference and copy a link to it (either markdown, or plain text link):
Then paste it anywhere, say for example in your prefered note editor — I love Bear notes but this would work in any markdown compatible application (or at least it should —
):
If you copy the plain text link, you would endup with something like: uuid://8B2ADD22-B2C0-4AF1-B8C8-ED9861D7D9C5.
If this link appear anywhere on your mac where URI are interpreted by the OS, you should be able to click it to open the file whose UUID is 8B2ADD22-B2C0-4AF1-B8C8-ED9861D7D9C5. For example in a terminal:
Or in mails (Spark):
