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January 25, 2010 16:26
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Reapply spotlight comments to files
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--Source: http://www.macosxhints.com/dlfiles/spotlight_comment_script.txt | |
-- you can change the text within quotes to suit your purposes.... | |
property flag : "MySpotlightComment" | |
property delim : " - " | |
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items | |
tell application "Finder" | |
set folder_name to name of this_folder | |
repeat with this_item in these_items | |
set item_name to (get displayed name of this_item) | |
if item_name is not ".DS_Store" then | |
set current_com to (get comment of this_item) | |
if current_com does not contain flag then | |
if current_com is "" then | |
set comment of this_item to flag | |
else | |
set comment of this_item to (current_com & delim & flag) as string | |
end if | |
end if | |
display dialog "The item \"" & item_name & "\" in folder \"" & folder_name & "\" has been flagged." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 giving up after 5 | |
end if | |
end repeat | |
end tell | |
end adding folder items to |
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