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set MyList to {}

set TotalList to {}

tell application "Finder"

set myFiles to the files in folder "Documents" of folder "myDocuments" of folder "Users" of startup disk

repeat with i from 1 to the number of items in myFiles

set thisItem to item i of myFiles

set myInfo to the properties of thisItem

set the end of MyList to myInfo

end repeat

activate

display dialog "Start now" giving up after 2 -- This shows when operations on the list start so you can see the change in speed. Delete this once you get it.

end tell

-- all operations after this refer to your list and don't need to refer to the original files

repeat with i from 1 to the number of items in MyList

set thisNewItem to the name of item i of MyList

set thisNewSize to the size of item i of MyList

set the end of TotalList to thisNewItem & " " & thisNewSize & return

end repeat

TotalList

On 02/08/2013, at 7:19 AM, Bert Groeneveld <email@hidden> wrote:

on Preflight_Images()
set myFiles to {}
tell application "Finder"
set myFiles to myFiles & every file of the_Preflight_WEBSHOP_subfolder
set myFiles to myFiles & every file of the_Preflight_IMAGEBANK_subfolder
end tell
set number_of_files to (count of myFiles)

set First_File_sizes to {}
-- repeat with aFile in my myFiles: Execution error!!!
repeat with aFile in myFiles
tell application "Finder"
set size_of_a_file to size of aFile
end tell
set the end of First_File_sizes to size_of_a_file -- create list of file sizes
end repeat
delay 5 -- stabilize time
set Stabilized_Files to {}
repeat with counter from 1 to number_of_files
-- set aFile to item counter of my myFiles: Execution error!!!
set aFile to item counter of myFiles
tell application "Finder"
set size_of_a_file to size of aFile
end tell
if size_of_a_file = item counter of First_File_sizes then
set the end of Stabilized_Files to item counter of myFiles
end if
end repeat
-- further processing
end Preflight_Images

References:
	>How can I speed up execution time of this script in case of many files (From: Bert Groeneveld <email@hidden>)