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> From: Esther <[email protected]> > Date: November 3, 2009 3:44:12 PM EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: selecting files in finder and finder commands > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Hi Anouk, > > > > What I use to move files (not copy and paste them) is an Automator workflow > that Greg Kearney wrote some time ago that is described in this old archived > list post: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg40248.html > > The problem is that those links no longer work, and since Greg moved to a new > job in Australia his old employer's site no longer hosts those files. In any > case, under Snow Leopard, you would probably create the Automator workflow > slightly differently. I'm not upgraded to Snow Leopard, so I can't give > instructions based on my current system, however, using Automator and the > "Move Finder Items" action you should be able to create a contextual menu > option for Finder that will simply move selected files to your designated > location. Alternatively, you can get Travis Siegel's "Move" AppleScript, and > paste it into the "Run Applescript" action to make this an Automator > workflow, or you could simply select the files and then run the AppleScript, > or assign the AppleScript to a spark shortcut. > > Look for it at: > > http://www.softcon.com/mac/scripts > > I've only read about the new format, so the way I think this would be done is > (somewhat sketchily) is: > > 1. Open Automator and select "Service" and then press (VO-Space) the "choose" > button > 2. Navigate with VO-Right Arrow (or use item chooser menu) to an entry that > will initially read "Service receives selected" "text" (pop up button) "in" > "any application" (pop up button). You want to use VO-Space to set the first > pop up button to "files or folder" and set the second pop up button to > "Finder". > 3. Find "run AppleScript" in the Actions library, select it, and press > return to add it to the workflow. > 4. Navigate to the workflow, interact with the "Run AppleScript action". You > want to copy the AppleScript, > and paste it into the middle of the "Run AppleScript action" where you're > prompted to put your AppleScript. > 5. Save the workflow and name it. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > a radix wrote: > >> Hello everyone, is there somewhere a list of commands/shortcuts that I can >> use within the finder? I mean commands to go to the beginning/end of a list, >> copy files and most importantly SELECT files because I have one huge >> directory with about 2000 files that I want to copy to different >> subdirectoryes and I dont want to do it one by one. >> Thanks a lot, >> Greetings, Anouk, (why cant i cut files anyway?) >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
