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@menushka
Created December 30, 2018 22:47
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A Folder Action script written in AppleScript used to separate AirDropped files into a different folder other than the default Downloads folder
property AIRDROP_FOLDER : "Path:to:AirDrop:Folder:in:Alias:format"
property QUARANTINE_KEY : "59"
property GET_QUARANTINE_COMMAND_START : "ls -l -@ '"
property GET_QUARANTINE_COMMAND_END : "' | tr '\\n' ' ' | sed 's/.*com\\.apple\\.quarantine\\s*\\(\\d*\\)/ \\1/' | awk '{$1=$1};1'"
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
repeat with i from 1 to length of added_items
set current_item to item i of added_items
set quarantine_type to getQuarantineType(POSIX path of current_item)
if quarantine_type is equal to QUARANTINE_KEY then
moveFile(current_item, alias AIRDROP_FOLDER)
end if
end repeat
end adding folder items to
on moveFile(move_file, destination_dir)
tell application "Finder"
move move_file to destination_dir with replacing
end tell
end moveFile
on getQuarantineType(file_path)
return do shell script GET_QUARANTINE_COMMAND_START & file_path & GET_QUARANTINE_COMMAND_END
end getQuarantineType
@teeeb
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teeeb commented Nov 30, 2020

Hey Guys,
anyone have an idea how to that code to be able to choose a folder every time I receive a file from airdrop? I would like to be able to do Save As, and choose the folder. In fact, I would like to avoid having to send pictures and videos to my Mac to then transfert it to a Backup drive, that way I would be able to send by airdrop directly to a drive connected to my Mac. Can you help?

@luckykamon
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Thanks, your script run on: Apple M1 Pro ; 13.0.1 (22A400)

@UnusualAppleScript
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you have a bug with big file because it takes a lot time to move it, so you need to add delay to this script

I'm new here and I face the exact same issue as @FuckBound. Saw you mention on adding delay to this script. Can I ask how to go about? How will the additional code look like?

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