Using a droplet to make folder action

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#1

Hi 2nd question of today :oops: : i use the following script to make a folder a hotfolder and to “drop the files in the folder on the droplet”(not really actually…)


on idle
	tell application "Finder" to open (every file of folder "MAC HD:Desktop Folder:ALOHA") using application file "MAC HD:Desktop Folder:droplet_app"
	return (1 * minutes)
end idle

where ALOHA is the hotfolder, and droplet_app is the droplet where you drop the files, if done manually, on. (great sentence :rolleyes: )

It works. but not really the way i want…are there other ways to do this??

Thanks in advance! :smiley: Fuut

OS 8.6

#2

I don’t remember when ‘Folder Actions’ were introduced to Mac OS but, if they are available to you, I suggest that you use them. Once configured, a folder action script acts on items when one of the following events occurs:

  1. Something is added to a folder
  2. Something is removed from a folder
  3. A folder is opened
  4. A folder is closed
  5. A folder window is moved

– Rob