Hi List, I was asking about a solution on the subject of moving files around the finder, and haven't had a response so i kept with the best i had until now" to copy file/folder paste it, then delete the old one.
Theaud Wagner made this post in the French Mac list, and i thought it good to share it with you guys as it shows the power of automator, and on a longer stretch, applescript for our productivity. So here goes the trnslation, i have tried it myself and it works. Bear with me if there is anything that might sound confusing, but i will give steps without going much further into explanations as it will probably appear clear to you guys once it's done, and that you redo the process. 1- Open Automator 2-It will ask you to choose from a template. Right arrow until you find services, then press return. 3-at this stage, VO should say name. VO right arrow until you are on the actions description split view. interact with it 4-you should be now in action library view. interact with it. Its an expandable element. go down to files and folders. 5-VO right arrow till you get to the actions, and choose down the list to move finder items. Note:at this stage, things might seem a bit sluggish, but it will go away, and only happens once every 3rd session. 6-press return. you should now have created an action to define, and VO should say move finder items. Interact with it 7-VO left until VO says text in service action selected any application replaces selected text. This is a group you interact with, in which there are static texts and pressable dropbox menus. 8-VO to text, VO space bar and choose files and folders in the list. Then VO right to any applications, VO space bar again and choose finder in the list of choices. 9-stop interacting with the group, VO right to move finder items, and interact with that. 10-go right until you find the options check box. check it. -11-VO right to show this action when the workflow runs. 13-save the file with command S, call the service whatever you want. You will now have a service for moving files and folders in your contextual menu VO shift M, or control mouse click. If you want something faster than a contextual menu, you can bind the automator service to a keypress. Thanks to Theaud Wagner for this, he just got me addicated to yet another thing about the mac :) Best Yuma Decaux Light has no value without darkness Skype: shainobi1 twitter: www.twitter.com/triple7 Tel: +85513623378 Yuma Antoine Decaux jamy...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=.
