I have between 5-12 drives connected at any given time.
Lots of dupes.
Goal:
- Search entire system for XXX files (all pdfs with Photoshp in the name/Applications/Rar files larger than 50MB- whatever)
- Using <insert whatever here: applescript? Variable? Quickeys shortcut/variable?) determine each files FULL PATH including DRIVE NAME.
- Set Spotlight Comments with full path.
There are several stumbling blocks, but the first and most aggravating is that nothing I’ve tried in either Automator or Quickeys will deliver a filepath which includes the name of the drive. The most I could get to was " / " This seems strange, since a proper filepath goes all the way up.
I have no idea how to make this work, but I am convinced it can be done.
The second issue is how to make the “Path” variable useful or create one.
If I drag it into the spotlights window, it becomes an editable dropdown. Ummm. Ok. So I set it at the volume level. I test it on a file 5 levels deep.
I get
Fine, I take it down to “users” - and of course, I get “/users”
and so forth. Well, if I have to TELL it the path, why am I bothering?? I want it to tell ME the path… or rather, put it in the spotlight comments!
This seems like something I ought to be able to accomplish, but so far I can’t.