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Is there any combination of iPhone and/or Mac apps that I can use to send a push notification to my iPhone?

For example, let's say I want to create a service (invoked via (Application Name) > Services) which sends the highlighted text on my Mac to my iPhone as a push notification message.

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I think a combination of Growl (OS X notifier) and Prowl (an iPhone app that forwards Push Notifcations from Growl) with your AppleScript interacting with Growl directly would be the way to go for this.

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The free app Boxcar allows you to forward Growl notifications to your iPhone. You can also use their API to send custom push notifications from any app or script. I use it with Growl (never used their API, though) and it works great.

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Depends on what you're looking for, but you could use Find my iPhone. It's free, native and easy to install and it features a "Display Message" that's pushed into the phone.

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Is there an API for "Display Message"? That would be necessary, in some form, for calling in AppleScript. – timothymh Jan 28 '12 at 3:15
@Timothy I really don't know, but I'd bet there isn't. – Cawas Jan 30 '12 at 13:46
So Find My iPhone is somewhat irrelevant. – timothymh Jan 30 '12 at 17:31
@Timothy true, but it's close enough to worth mentioning. It could even be used as a solution if it's for low usage. – Cawas Feb 1 '12 at 16:13
True. I see your point. – timothymh Feb 1 '12 at 21:10
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There is a web service http://pushme.to/ and ios app that could be implemented that would solve your problem although it doesn't appear to be in the app store at the moment pending some bug fixes i believe.

There are other apps that use an api to push messages to an ios device via a wordpress site oddly. http://ipush.me/

you should be able to create a native app using a website (you could create) that effectively is a form to send the details (name/message) to this service.

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