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Created July 21, 2015 18:54
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Programmatically send iMessage via GUI through Terminal
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guiSendMessage.applescript
on run {targetBuddyPhone, targetMessage}
tell application "System Events"
tell application "Messages" to activate
tell process "Messages"
click menu item "New Message" of menu "file" of menu bar 1
set input to targetMessage as text
delay 1
keystroke targetBuddyPhone
keystroke return
keystroke tab
keystroke input
keystroke return
end tell
end tell
end run
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This will open up Messages.app and click through the UI to generate and send an iMessage.

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