Hi TecNik,

You can solve in this way:

set pathArray to {}
tell application "Finder"
    set sel to selection
end tell
set numElements to count sel
if numElements is 1 then
    set pathArray to POSIX path of (sel as string)
else
    repeat with j from 1 to numElements
        set selRecord to POSIX path of ((item j of sel) as string)
        copy selRecord to end of pathArray
    end repeat
end if

works with both one item selected or multiple items. Each Finder object specifiers is converted to Posix path.

Stefano - Ame

Hi TecNik,

with selection of 320 images in a folder the script take less that 2 seconds.
With less files selected the result is like in "real time"
Tested on iMac Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz with 10.9.3

Stefano - Ame

It's quicker to get the files as a list of aliases:

Applescript:

tell application "Finder" to set theSel to selection as alias list
repeat with i from 1 to count of theSel
   set item i of theSel to POSIX path of item i of theSel
end repeat

If you just ask for the selection, the Finder has to build its own file references, and that's a slow process (each of those "...of folder "..."" bits involves a separate step). Building an alias list short-circuits all that work.

Awesome! Fast!