How to optimize the time taken to iterate over 200 Reminders using AppleScript/osascript?

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                          The script below works as expected, but takes 18 seconds to iterate over 180 Reminders when run from the command line using osascript. 

 Worse, this same script takes only 2-3 seconds when run from within the ScriptEditor and I’d like that level of performance when the script runs itself. 

    # Find all Reminders whose name contains "Alumni"
    set findMe to "Alumni"
    set answer to "Maches: "
    
    tell application "Reminders"
    	set names to name of every reminder
    end tell
    
    repeat with name in names
    	if name contains findMe then
    		set answer to answer & " --- " & name
    	end if
    end repeat
    
    return answer



I've run this script two ways from the command line: As a compiled script:  osascript testReminders2.scrpt and as a text file:  ./testReminders2.applescript (where this file begins with #! /usr/bin/osascript.  Both versions take about the same amount of time.

Os there a more efficient way to iterate over Reminders using AppleScript? 
                        

Asked by Zack (163 rep)

Mar 31, 2021, 12:23 PM
Last activity: Jun 10, 2025, 03:03 PM

How to optimize the time taken to iterate over 200 Reminders using AppleScript/osascript?

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