Re: noob question
Re: noob question
- Subject: Re: noob question
- From: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 15:44:01 -0800
On 3/6/05 3:35 PM, "Michael J. Sherman" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi folks.
>
> All I'm trying to do is add a file to iTunes. I'm trying something
> like this:
>
> tell application "iTunes"
> add "Macintosh HD:Users:Michael:file.mp3" to playlist "New"
> end tell
>
> But I get the error:
> iTunes got an error: "Macintosh HD:Users:Michael:file.mp3" doesn't
> understand the add message.
>
> Can someone please assist? What am I doing wrong?
What you're doing wrong is trying to add a string to your playlist.
Just because we humans can look at "Macintosh HD:Users:Michael:file.mp3" and
assume it's a file path, iTunes makes no such assumptions.
You need to tell iTunes that what you're adding is a file reference:
> tell application "iTunes"
> add alias "Macintosh HD:Users:Michael:file.mp3" to playlist "New"
> end tell
Andrew
:)
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