Script to export new photos in Photos album to local folder?

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Would it be possible to have a script that watches an album within the desktop Photos App (Mac OSX) and then copies new images or videos to a local folder? Any advice on how to get started with this would be greatly appreciated.

#2 

set destinationFolder to choose folder

tell application "Photos"
	set thePhotos to every media item of album "Alexandra"
	export thePhotos to destinationFolder with using originals -- not rendered as jpg
	-- export thePhotos to destinationFolder without using originals -- rendered as jpg (for smaller size)
end tell

NOTE: Alexandra is my dauther’s name. :slight_smile:

Exporting only the photos added last 24 hours:


set destinationFolder to choose folder

tell application "Photos"
	set thePhotos to every media item of album "Alexandra"
	
	repeat with i from 1 to (count of thePhotos)
		set thePhoto to media item i of album "Alexandra"
		if ((current date) - (date of thePhoto)) < 24 * 60 * 60 then -- last day added photos
			export (thePhoto as list) to destinationFolder with using originals -- not rendered as jpg
			-- export (thePhoto as list) to destinationFolder without using originals -- rendered as jpg (for smaller size)
		end if
	end repeat
end tell