Campus kit for other ProPresenter Macs (v1.3.0)
- settings.py: per-Mac settings.json (campus code, youtube); ProPresenter
folder, network port and template library read from ProPresenter itself
- First run / --setup / y asks the campus; YouTube text only at NA
- Preacher picked for this campus from the notes email; a lone surname
("Pastor Geyser") matches the most recent speaker with it
- Never restart ProPresenter when its network API is off or not answering
- tools/make_kit.sh builds "Message Notes Kit <version>.zip" (installer,
program, launcher, READ ME FIRST); deploy.sh writes NA's settings
- Email setup text no longer names media@
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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MESSAGE NOTES -> PROPRESENTER (version VERSION_HERE)
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Turns the pastor's notes ("Slides - <message>.rtf") into the message presentation
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in ProPresenter, built from your own message templates, and links it into the
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next service's playlist. Runs on the ProPresenter Mac.
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INSTALL (once, on the ProPresenter Mac)
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1. Unzip the kit (double-click the .zip) and open the "Message Notes Kit" folder.
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2. Double-click "Install Message Notes.command".
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If macOS says it "can't be opened" / "not verified":
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click Done, open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down,
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click "Open Anyway" next to "Install Message Notes.command", then Open.
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(Or: open Terminal, type bash and a space, drag the installer into the
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Terminal window, press Return.)
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3. If it asks for Apple's Command Line Tools: click Install, wait, run step 2 again.
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4. Answer the setup questions (which campus; email pickup - you can skip that).
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5. If macOS asks whether Terminal may access Documents, Desktop, Downloads or
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Google Drive: click Allow.
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Then use "Message Notes to ProPresenter" on the Desktop every week.
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To update later: run the installer from a newer kit (settings are kept).
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WHAT PROPRESENTER NEEDS
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- The templates in a library (normally "Messages"), named like:
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_TEMPLATE - DO NOT DELETE 2608 Lower Thirds (series)
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_TEMPLATE_GENERIC - DO NOT DELETE 2601 (generic)
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Any name works as long as it starts with _TEMPLATE and contains DO NOT DELETE;
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the one with GENERIC in the name is the generic one. If there are several,
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the most recently changed one is used.
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- Network turned on: ProPresenter > Settings > Network > Enable Network.
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The tool uses it to check the text fits your output themes and to see that
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nothing is live before it restarts ProPresenter to link the playlist.
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- The service playlist imported from Planning Center, with a "Message" header.
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If it's missing, the tool tells you to import it.
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EVERY WEEK
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1. Save the notes .rtf from the email into Downloads (or set up email pickup,
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below, and skip this).
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2. Double-click "Message Notes to ProPresenter" on the Desktop.
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3. Check the summary (typos it fixed, template, speaker, service), press Enter.
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4. ProPresenter restarts once (to link the playlist) - never while anything is
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on screen, on Sunday mornings, or while the message timer runs. If it can't,
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it tells you to drag the presentation into the Message section yourself.
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5. Check the slides on your outputs. Font sizes are never changed; if text is
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too long for an output, the summary says so.
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Keys at the summary: Enter = create, e = edit the slide text, r = undo typo
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fixes, t = switch template, s = speaker, n = name, d = date, f = other notes
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file, y = run setup again, q = quit.
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EMAIL PICKUP (optional)
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Needs: Google Drive for desktop on this Mac, signed in to the Google account that
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receives the "Notes/Slides" emails. During setup (or later with y) the tool copies
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a small Google Apps Script and opens script.google.com - paste it, save, run
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"install", allow it. From then on the notes land in My Drive/Message Notes every
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10 minutes and the tool picks the newest one by itself (it also reads who is
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preaching at your campus from the email).
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FILES
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Program: ~/Library/Application Support/MessageNotes/message-notes.pyz
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Settings: ~/Library/Application Support/MessageNotes/settings.json
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Log: ~/Library/Logs/message-notes.log
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Remove: delete the Desktop launcher and the MessageNotes folder above.
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