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collection:Finders_Selection [2015/12/23 12:59] ccstone |
collection:Finders_Selection [2017/09/08 04:51] peternlewis |
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| - Assigning Mac Tags to the selection (can't be done via AppleScript) | - Assigning Mac Tags to the selection (can't be done via AppleScript) | ||
| - Renaming the selected files using a consistent prefix and number scheme | - Renaming the selected files using a consistent prefix and number scheme | ||
| - | - [FIXME JM: should we add more?] | ||
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| - | [FIXME JM: We need to put the detail examples in the same order as listed above. Also, I suggest that we start with a simple example, like #1 above, that does NOT require something complicated like a plugin] | ||
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| ==== #1 - Move Selected Files ==== | ==== #1 - Move Selected Files ==== | ||
| - | To move the files to the Documents folder, you would do this:\\n | + | To move the files to the Documents folder, you would do this:\\ |
| - | [FIXME **JM: There is something wrong with these images. They all have a "Fix Finder Selection Bug" checkbox on them that does NOT appear on my Actions, or in Chris's Actions.**] | + | {{ :action:move-to-documents.png?516;nolink |}} |
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| - | {{ :action:move-to-documents.png?nolink |}} | + | |
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| To change the Finder Tags, you would use: | To change the Finder Tags, you would use: | ||
| - | + | {{ :action:change-tag.png?516;nolink |}} | |
| - | [FIXME **JM: There is something wrong with these images. They all have a "Fix Finder Selection Bug" checkbox on them that does NOT appear on my Actions, or in Chris's Actions.**] | + | |
| - | {{ :action:change-tag.png?nolink |}} | + | |
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| ==== #3 - Rename Selected Files ==== | ==== #3 - Rename Selected Files ==== | ||
| + | You could rename the selected files from .txt to .html like this: | ||
| - | + | {{ :action:rename-selected.png?nolink&516 |}} | |
| - | [ | + | |
| - | Set the Finder Label to Red (using the Plug In action for Set the Finder Label). | + | |
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| - | [FIXME **JM: There is something wrong with these images. They all have a "Fix Finder Selection Bug" checkbox on them that does NOT appear on my Actions, or in Chris's Actions.**] | + | |
| - | {{ :action:label-red.png?nolink |}} | + | |
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| You can pass each file to a shell script using something like this: | You can pass each file to a shell script using something like this: | ||
| - | {{ :action:pass-to-shell.png?nolink |}} | + | {{ :action:pass-to-shell.png?516;nolink |}} |
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| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
| - | ==== Documentation ==== | + | ==== Actions ==== |
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| + | * [[action:For_Each|For Each]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:File_Actions|File Actions]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:Get_File_Attribute|Get File Attribute]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:Set_File_Attribute|Set File Attribute]] action | ||
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| + | ==== Collections ==== | ||
| - | * TBD | + | * [[collection:Finders_Selection|Finders Selection]] collection |
| + | * [[collection:Folder_Contents|Folder Contents]] collection | ||
| + | * [[collection:Mounted_Volumes|Mounted Volumes]] collection | ||
| ==== Forum ==== | ==== Forum ==== | ||
| * [Working with the Finder Selection](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/working-with-the-finder-selection/278) | * [Working with the Finder Selection](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/working-with-the-finder-selection/278) | ||
| - | ==== External References ==== | ||
| - | * TBD | ||
collection/Finders_Selection.txt · Last modified: 2021/12/07 00:48 by peternlewis
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