OS X Technologies :: It Loads All File In The Folder When Tried Ro Move One
May 29, 2012
I have a folder action set up to open movie files in a conversion app but every time I add a new file it loads all the files in the folder. How can i exclude a file that has already been opened by the folder action. I can't move the file due to queing up moves for conversion if the file is moved after it is opened the the program doesn't know where to look for it. Ive tried Filter finder items by last opened and set it as today but that did not work. It opened nothing. May I could set it up to know if the file has been there longer then 5 min that the folder action should not open it.Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 17, 2012
I need to move one or more files inside a folder to another folder.
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Apr 24, 2012
Cannot seem to upload to a ftp server (permissions are correct on the home folder of the user!)But I get this result:
ftp> put /Users/[userfolder]/Documents/untitled.rtf
local: /Users/[userfolder]/Documents/untitled.rtf remote: /Users/[userfolder]/Documents/untitled.rtf
227 Entering Passive Mode (99,254,236,63,209,169)
553-Can't open that file: No such file or directory
553 Rename/move failure: No such file or directory Â
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Mar 7, 2012
Does any one know of a bug or a log for folder scripts that do not run? I am trying to get a basic folder script (to replace %20 in the file name) of the Downloads folder.
When downloading multiple files (two or more) it runs only on the first file, successfully without error, and then never runs on the second file. If I move both of the files out of the Downloads folder and move it back it, the one file that does not get the folder action now does and everything is peachy.So it is not that the folder action is not scripted properly. It is just that the folder does not catch the second file download - guess maybe too fast? Has any one seen this or have this bug?
Info:15" Unibody MacBook Pro , Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Jun 27, 2012
if there is a way of having a list of image file names, searching for the images then putting them into a new folder? I'm guessing it can probably be done through mac scripting but I know nothing about scripting and genreally not great with technogy so ideally need step by step instructions!
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Apr 18, 2012
my iMac doesn´t allow me to move or paste things, i mean, before this, with the mouse, i click in a folder, or a file, and i can move it like that, clicking it, but now, i can´t, and it doesn´t allow me to paste text, or words?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 19, 2012
My Finder on my iMac keeps freezing when I try to move a folder or file, or when I try to empty the trash can. I have tried to Force Quit Finder, but when I do it does not start back up and I have to manually turn the computer off with the power button.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), iPhoto 11
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May 15, 2012
i can't delete, move, rename file, folder in my memory.
i can't format, erase on disk utility.Â
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MacBook Pro, MC313
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Feb 24, 2012
new user...how do you drag or move or copy a file or folder from the desktop to an external drive? I have tried dragging and copy/pasting.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 24, 2012
Would there be a script I can run in Apple Script Editor that changes several folder icons inside another folder all at once?
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Apr 20, 2012
What versions of Mac OS X has an Applications folder inside the users folder?
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Jun 15, 2012
how do I use apple-script to move the cursor?a few characters (left, right, down) in a word doc?Â
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Jun 21, 2012
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
I'm running bash.
I have a long command line:
/Users/mac/Sites/bithoist/BitHoist-PPC-MacOS-X  -offset 0x0000 /Users/mac/Sites/bithoist/commandLine/bins/aSunbird.bin  -stdout -hex  -r 0x0000,0x002fÂ
I'd like to move quickly to the last 0 in -offset 0x0000.Â
I know about control + a and I found out about esc + f. I do not find pressing esc then f then esc then f that easy. I'd like to at least be able to hold down the esc key and press f's.Â
Could I redefine a word to only be " " (space) in the terminal? Not sure I like this idea.Â
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iMac G3 600, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Jun 11, 2012
After installing Lion, I can no longer move program icons from my applications folder to a sub folder. When I do, it makes a copy and leave the original in the applications folder. When I then try to delete the icon in the applications folder it tells me it's required by the OS and won't let me delete. I'm forced to keep certan applications such as Time Machine and Stickies in the application folder.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 8, 2012
This is a recent occurrence i ust to be able to move hundreds at once?why this changed and what di I do about it?
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I Mac, Mac OS X (10.5.1)
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Feb 25, 2012
Why does Mac OX 10.6.8 keep making copies of a file anytime I download, copy, or move a file? It will copy, dowload or move the file, then begin making copies until I reboot. This makes it impossible to deal wit hfiles unless I want to spend a lot of time rebooting after every time, then deleting all the redundant copies.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Apr 14, 2012
I'm new to ApplesScripting. I've found this script that I'd like to change: --This script will make a new folder on the desktop with current date and dialog box--format the date to 2010-11-19tell (current date) to get day & (it's month as integer) & (it's year as integer)set TheDateFormat to the result as text -- asks for folder name with date as default answerset TheFolderName to text returned of (display dialog "Name the folder" default answer TheDateFormat) --make folder with date & user entered texttell application "Finder" make new folder with properties {name:TheFolderName}end tell The desired changes:- Date format should be: 150412 + a letter (a, b, c) if the folder to be created already exists.- Place the cursor at the start of name dialog, no selection active.- The new folders should be created in /Users/Hans/Dropbox/Jobs/Another question is related to execution of the script:- How can I start the script easily with a shortcut key or a Dock icon?- Is it possible to select client name from a plain text file containing client names in separate lines?- Is it possible to have zip files automatically unzipped to subfolder names with the zip package name?- Regarding the Dock icon I could even imagine that I drag a zip or other file from an email or the Desktop to the icon and that I only have to type the clients name to have the file moved to a new folder. user entered texttell application
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May 10, 2012
Our environment has multiple Windows file servers, both 2003 and 2008. If one of these SMB shares is accessed from a Mac and the user creates a folder, will the ACLs on the share that are set to cascade actually cascade to this newly created folder? We've had issues in the past where ACLs that are supposedly set to cascade on a shared folder are not present on sub-folders created from Macs.Next question: if the share resides on a netapp device, do the same rules apply? The Macs are still connecting to these shared folders using the SMB protocol. All Macs are bound to our 2008 AD domain and use network accounts with local homefolders. The issue seems to happen when one or both of the following things happen:
1. A Mac user copies/creates a folder on a Netapp share and for some reason it doesn't inherit rights correctly
2. We move the folder from one share on an actual Windows server to the Netapp and it doesn't take permissions correctly.
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MacPro 2x2.66GHz Dual Core Xeon, 4GB RAM,, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Feb 28, 2012
I followed the instructions, but now I do not see any calendars to sync or any mail accounts to sync in the Info section of iTunes.
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Mar 7, 2012
Im trying to run an rsync command which copies a backup of a server services folder using a remote computer. The backup folder of services resides on the main system disk. Â
AR-ADL-MBP1-John:~ john$ sudo rsync -va -e --delete ssh admin@10.105.141.66:/Volumes/Server HD_mail/Data Store Backups /Volumes/ARINA temp
errors out with building file list ... rsync: link_stat "/Users/john/ssh" failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: link_stat "/Users/john/admin@mail.arina.biz/Volumes/Server HD_mail/Data Store Backups" failed: No such file or directory (2)  Â
I've also tried to open the server in finder and run the rsync without ssh. This works for non system disks but get permissions errors on this system disk rsync: readdir("/Volumes/Server HD_mail/Data Store Backups/M-W-F/Data_Stores/mail/259F2CAC-D0EB-4348-B85F-1257F8242E87"): Permission denied (13)  Â
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Mar 14, 2012
How can i open the files in the folder if you scroll to "--open file items of the name folder" you can see where I am struggling to run the script. How should this look to run, currently the script runs, with no errors or anything appearing in the folders.
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Mar 30, 2012
I am running OS 10.6.8, using Automator to create a Folder Action. The input is a single folder containing 2 or more PDF files. I drop this folder onto the folder with the action attached. All of the PDFs are combined and the resulting PDF is copied to a new location.Â
It works very well with one problem. The name of the combined PDF is an automatically generated system name. I would like this PDF file name to change to the name of the original folder that contained the original PDFs.Â
To summarize: "Folder A" has the action attached. "Folder B" contains 2 or more PDFs. I drop Folder B onto Folder A. Automator creates a new combined PDF. I would like this to be named "Folder B.pdf"Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Aug 7, 2012
I want to create a Folder Action to run the following shell script on all files with extension .vcs:Â
sed '1d' >reminder.icsÂ
The job of the Folder Action is to take any Calendar item files downloaded from TVGuide.co.uk, remove the first line and then save them as .ics files. The reason for this is that the files are automatically generated with a carriage return on the first line, which BusyCal (being strict about these things) doesn't like. It then rejects the whole file.Â
I have tried doing this with Automator but the result didn't work.Â
If it's possible to have the Folder Action retain the original file name (ie. everything pre-extension) that'd be a bonus.Â
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Mac mini (Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Apr 8, 2012
Is there a way I can use a very old .cwk file? I tried opening it in iWorks '06, the old version I have and it said it couldn't read it.
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Apr 24, 2012
Been up for a while trying to figure this out with no luck. I created an app that will uninstall a program and all of it's files.Â
example try                   do shell script "rm -rf /Applications/TestFakeApp"          end try    try                   do shell script "rm -rf /Applications/TestFakeApp2"          end try    try                   do shell script "rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.FakeTestApp.plist"          end try         try                   do shell script "rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.FakeTestApp2.plist" end try         try                   do shell script "rm -rf ~/Library/Logs/FakeTestApp*"          end try         try                   do shell script "rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/FakeTestApp" end tryÂ
there are alot more paths to remove but this is just a few for exampleÂ
I want to be able to create a log.txt file on the desktop to show what has been removed and or what could not be removed.Â
I then tried by creating a text document by usingÂ
do shell script "touch ~/Desktop/test.txt"Â tell application "Finder"Â open file ((path to desktop folder as text) & "test.txt") using ((path to applications folder as text) & "TextEdit.app")end tellÂ
but I don't know what to do next.Â
1. Have it check for each file to see if it was deleted or not
2. add it into the test.txt file
3. save the file once doneÂ
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 26, 2012
is it technically possible to load a file into ram?
I want this file to be as quick as possib le to open, so i'd like to put it in the ram.
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Jan 9, 2011
I recently downloaded Amazon's Kindle for my Mac and it automatically installed a content folder in my Documents folder along with my other folders. Now, I like to keep my Documents folder neatly organized and this My Kindle Content folder kind of messes things up a bit - I really don't like seeing this folder in my Documents folder. question: Does anyone know how to move this folder to another location? I've tried to browse the Kindle app, but I haven't found any obvious way to move it. However, I may have overlooked it. Also, I have tried to browse the Forums to see if someone else asked this question already - no luck yet. Has anyone out there had the same problem? If so, is there a way to move the My Kindle Content folder without messing things up?
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Mar 13, 2012
I have thousands of music projects with a somewhat fixed folder hierarchy and I'm trying to first rename and then extract (move) certain files from their original location.Â
Here is the most common example of the hierarchy: ProjectName/Info/Setups/fixed name file (either a pdf, txt or jpg)Â
My goal is to have these files renamed after their parent folders, all the way up to the Project Name and then have them moved to a set folder, out of this dull dictatorship I've created, so my files would end up with a name like this:Â ProjectName - Info - Setups - fixed name fileÂ
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iMac 20'', Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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May 16, 2012
I'm trying to write a script that will open a specific folder. The only problem is that it needs to be run on multiple machines with different Hard Drive names. Here is a sample of the script that will work on my machine.Â
tell application "Finder" activate open folder "HDD:Volumes:USERData:Users:Staff:Name" end tellÂ
Is there anyway to change "HDD" to whatever the current users Hard Drive is named?Â
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May 23, 2012
I need to collect my students home workn which includes images, small film clips and text:
I use a FileMaker database
I have a FM script which
1 - copies the student ID
2 - opens the URL where the message is located
3 - I added this applescript I found here:
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Info:Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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