File Vault and File References
File Vault and File References
- Subject: File Vault and File References
- From: Paul Turnbull <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:11:34 -0600
Given that my job entails working with data that is subject to various
privacy laws I just enabled [File
Vault](http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/filevault/) on my
PowerBook. Some time ago I tired of the ever growing clutter on my
desktop and created a folder to drag the files to when I started
having difficulty seeing what my desktop picture was. This worked for
awhile until I got tired of sifting through hundreds of files in my
dump folder. Finally, I wrote an AppleScript that created a folder
with the current date as its name and then moved all the unlabeled
files from the desktop to to the new folder. This script has been
happily keeping me organized until today. Turns out that AppleScript
has issues with getting object references inside the vault.
For example:
tell application "Finder"
return get items
end tell
In my case returns:
{startup disk of application "Finder", disk "Nargothrond" of
application "Finder", folder " Downloads" of desktop of application
"Finder", document file "Contact Management.fp7" of desktop of
application "Finder"}
Definitely not good file references.
Googling gave me very little comment on this and no detail on it at
all. I'm going to investigate more to see if there is a work around,
I'd like my desktop backup script back.
--
Paul Turnbull
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Applescript-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden