[Request] Folder Action

[TheGUiTom]

Hello everyone,

I am a real n:shock:b at AppleScripting and I would like to ask someone to make an AppleScript for me.

Explanation:
I have a folder called “To be organized” which is a dump-folder. It has a lot of files in it and it gets more by the day. I would like to have an AppleScript that, when I drag’n’drop a file in the folder, an AppleScript will add a folder in “To be organized” with the current date.

Is that possible?
It would be absolutely awesome if someone could do that.

Thanks in advance,
Tom

[Paul_Courtade]

I have been using the following folder action to keep a folder on my desktop organized for some time now. Presuming you “to be organized” folder is on the desktop the following should work if attached to that folder.

property folderName : “To be organized”

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
set c to count of these_items
set the_date to current date
set wd to weekday of the_date as string
set m to month of the_date as string
set d to day of the_date as string
set y to year of the_date as string
set dated_folder to wd & " " & m & " " & d & ", " & y as string
tell application “Finder”
activate
if not (exists folder named dated_folder of folder folderName of folder “Desktop” of home) then
make new folder at folder folderName of folder “Desktop” of home with properties {name:dated_folder}
end if
set myFolder to (folder named dated_folder of folder folderName of folder “Desktop” of home)
repeat with i from 1 to c
move item i of these_items to myFolder
end repeat
end tell
end adding folder items to

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If your folder is not on the desktop you will have to modify the location of the folder in the script to the correct location. Then attach the above script to your “To be organized” folder.
PS: Be sure that Folder Actions are activated.
PPS: This is not my original code but I found it on the Web (at “MacScripter” if I remember correctly.

[TheGUiTom]

Thanks!
Too bad it doesn’t work…