Today I "discovered" Folder Actions. I was once again
copying files from my Thinkpad to the Powerbook and as usual
files don't make an appearance as soon as they are there. I
decided to look at what "Folder Actions" were all about. I did
a quick Google search and clicked-through to
Apple's site for this topic. It seems that
you can automate just about anything using folder action
scripts. Some provided scripts are "add - new item
alert" which shows a dialog box asking if you want to view
the new items, and "Image - Duplicate as PNG" which
converts an image file to a PNG file when put into the folder
the action is attached to! This is fantastic!
The PNG converter folder (large).
on adding folder items to
this_folder
after receiving
added_items
try
tell
application
"Finder"
to update
end try
end
adding folder items to
|
Applescript Folder Action
"folder_refresh.scp".
Feel free to use the folder refresh script, in any case I
am sure there are many like it. If you have any interesting
Folder Actions to share please post them to the
thread in the Digital Guru forums.
Update: The forums have been closed.
