Script file..
This file is located /Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts/
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
do script "Move xScope files"
end tell
end adding folder items to
**Any Questions, comments, suggestions would be much appreciated..
Thank you for sharing this. I was looking for a way to do this and wouldnāt have found this solution without your help.
However, I tried this macro for ā~/Desktop/%TriggerValue%ā so that system Screen Shots would be tidied away, but I have found that the Macro stops my system Screen shots from appearing. Mac OS X 10.11.3. Has anyone else found this?
Works great fro Xscope shots though.
However, I tried this macro for "~/Desktop/%TriggerValue%" so that system Screen Shots would be tidied away, but I have found that the Macro stops my system Screen shots from appearing. Mac OS X 10.11.3. Has anyone else found this?
Yes, tiny āā§4 screenshots are fine, but āā§3 screenshots or larger āā§4 screenshots ādisappearā.
Thatās because they end up as (invisible) dot files in the Screen Shots folder:
It seems that āif the screenshot is largeā it gets intercepted while still in a temporary state.
Change the TriggerValue condition to a regex match and it will work.
A ha, perfect, thanks for that. I would never have worked that out.
I did wonder if a pause might do it, but didnāt get as far as that. The regex match works a treat.
@johnels, if you only want the screenshots to be saved to a different folder you can also change the system preference by executing this in the Terminal:
I fear I may be missing the point of all of this but I will throw this out there anyway...
For screenshots, I created a folder action workflow with automator as such:
The "Pic_Snapshots" folder resides on my desktop. So the automator workflow is watching the desktop folder and when a screenshot appears it moves it into that folder.
Yes Tom. I know. But if I had done that, what would I have done for my first ever folder actions & automator.workflow project? If I hadn't done that first project the earth would have stopped spinning, cars would have run out of gas, the sun would have stopped shinning, and I would not be here in this forum. So do you see now why it was so important for that to be my first educational exercise. LOL!
However when I realized what you had there I scurried my butt over to the download link and snatched it. Nice wrapper.
Now, so what is the deal with the html prompts you and @JMichaelTX discuss in this thread?
LOL, yes, Iām grateful you didnāt make all this happen, especially the first one
The Wiki has a nice article about it, with some more forum topic links at the end.
Basically they fulfill the same role as normal user prompts, but with HTML prompts you have almost unlimited customization possibilities (layout, custom menus, ā¦).
But if I had done that, what would I have done for my first ever folder actions & automator.workflow project? If I hadn't done that first project the earth would have stopped spinning, cars would have run out of gas, the sun would have stopped shinning, and I would not be here in this forum. So do you see now why it was so important for that to be my first educational exercise. LOL!