A Folder Action script written in AppleScript used to separate AirDropped files into a different folder other than the default Downloads folder
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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 |
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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Thanks, your script run on: Apple M1 Pro ; 13.0.1 (22A400)