Soren Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Hi there. I'm trying to work out a method of automatically creating aliases when I drop an item into a set folder. For example: Folder A is where I want my aliases to appear. Folder B is where the original files are contained. I want a new alias to appear in Folder A whenever I add something to Folder B. At the moment I have created a workflow in Automator which runs whenever I add something to Folder B and creates a new alias in Folder A, however it creates a new alias for everything in Folder B each time it runs, giving me hundreds of duplicate aliases! Any suggestions would be muchly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob356 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Maybe you could do it with folder actions? If you do a google search you can find some useful info. I think folder actions can be set to run on new items, so it will only create one alias per file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen.dlong Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hi there. I'm trying to work out a method of automatically creating aliases when I drop an item into a set folder. For example: Folder A is where I want my aliases to appear. Folder B is where the original files are contained. I want a new alias to appear in Folder A whenever I add something to Folder B. At the moment I have created a workflow in Automator which runs whenever I add something to Folder B and creates a new alias in Folder A, however it creates a new alias for everything in Folder B each time it runs, giving me hundreds of duplicate aliases! Any suggestions would be muchly appreciated. Hello, I think I'd like to do the exact same thing you described. Did you ever get this worked out? If so, please email me; maybe I could get a copy of your workflow application? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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