Comments on: Automator and Folder Actions Tutorial

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:14:10 +0000

^^^ Fixed. Sorry about that.

By: john

john — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:16:51 +0000

is the zip file still available? Thanks

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:19:52 +0000

I dont usually comment, but after reading through so much info I had to say thanks

By: Rafa

Rafa — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:29:12 +0000

damn. For some reason it does not work on Mac OS X 10.4.11.
Saving as Fodler Action Plug-In saves the file under ~/Library/Workflows/Folder Actions/ not under Scripts, and saves it as an Application, actually. Finder seems to be expecting a .scpt file because if I look into “Configure Folder Actions”, my “action” will appear associated to the folder but with a .scpt extension (which doesn’t exist; the file I mean) and clicking on “Edit Script” does nothing.

Also to note, when I do “saves as plugin” in Automator, by default it has “folder action” selected, but the drop-down menu where you choose which folder to link it to is *not there*! To get that dropdown menu tu appear, I have to re-choose “folder action” as the type of plug-in that I want, then the folder drop-down menu appears.

So, in the end, when I drag a file to my chosen folder, nothing happens–at all.

Weird.

I am using OSX 10.4.11, and Automator 1.0.5 (88.2), in Spanish (I wonder if this has something to do with it).

Update: I have just run Automator in English (disabling the Spanish language from the Finder) and the result is the same.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:22:04 +0000

Nevermind, there appears to be an option to save file as a plug-in for Folder Actions in Leopard.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:04:50 +0000

Matt, could you please update this great tutorial for Leopard? There appear to be some differencies in the way of interaction between Automator workflows and Folder Actions in 10.5.
TIA

By: Wassim

Wassim — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:08:10 +0000

I cannot choose the automator workflow I have created as a Folder Action. It is greyed out. Any idea why? Thank you.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:54:24 +0000

Revised. Thanks Jay!

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:56:21 +0000

Adapting for Leopard, the “Save As Plug-in” puts it in User/Library/Workflows/ … .

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