Re: open every item of saved search
Re: open every item of saved search
- Subject: Re: open every item of saved search
- From: "Michael Grant" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:25:17 -0600
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Michael Grant <email@hidden> wrote:
> I've got some scheduled scripts that use lines like:
>
> tell application "Finder" to open every item of folder "my:path:"
>
> Then I fill the folder with aliases of the files I'd like opened at
> future times/dates.
>
> What I'd rather do, though, is tag the files with Spotlight comments
> instead of creating a special folder to hold aliases. Unfortunately
> the Finder's AppleScript implementation doesn't seem to treat "smart
> folders" like real folders.
>
> So, I've gotten as far as opening a saved search/smart folder, or just
> running a Spotlight search without having created a smart folder
> first, but I haven't been able to figure out how to actually open or
> get a list of the found items.
>
> Any suggestions?
Just figgered it out. After opening the search window, within the
Finder tell block:
items of Finder window 1
Michael
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