# Timelime 2.4 breaks Apple Script

**URL:** <https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149>\
**Category:** Timelime\
**Created:** [July 20, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149 "2024-07-20T18:04:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/u/Markus)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149/1 "2024-07-20T18:04:27Z")

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“ExportXML url days 365” does not work anymore  
cheers,  
Markus

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**Author:** ![niko](https://community.timeframeapp.com/user_avatar/community.timeframeapp.com/niko/32/8_2.png) [@niko](https://community.timeframeapp.com/u/niko)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149/2 "2024-07-20T18:33:58Z")

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You are right, Markus. Thanks for pointing this out!

I will fix it in the next update.

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**Author:** ![Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/u/Markus)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149/3 "2024-07-20T18:51:39Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply!

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**Author:** ![Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/u/Markus)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149/4 "2024-08-11T17:33:32Z")

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Version 2.5 kind of works again. It exports the data, but only under “/Users//Library/Group Containers/Q66UC24GG4.com.timelimeapp/Library/Application Support/Automatic Backup/Timelime AppleScript Export (13. Aug 2023 – 11. Aug 2024).xml”

A Finder window opens to show this path, which I don’t really need/want.

This is the script I’m using:

tell application “Timelime”  
ExportXML URL “/export.xml” days 365  
end tell

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**Author:** ![Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/u/Markus)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149/5 "2024-08-11T17:35:57Z")

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Looking at the spec, it looks like there is no parameter URL anymore. I’d wish it would work as before. Like this it’s basically useless to me, since I want to do some processing in the background.

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**Author:** ![niko](https://community.timeframeapp.com/user_avatar/community.timeframeapp.com/niko/32/8_2.png) [@niko](https://community.timeframeapp.com/u/niko)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149/6 "2024-08-12T09:54:58Z")

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Unfortunately, due to App Store sandbox restrictions, it is not possible to save the exported file to any location, even before.

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**Author:** ![Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Markus](https://community.timeframeapp.com/u/Markus)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://community.timeframeapp.com/t/timelime-2-4-breaks-apple-script/149/7 "2024-08-12T11:17:43Z")

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ok. But the real show stopper for me is the automatic opening of Finder, is there a way to prevent it?