OS X’s Folder Actions let you attach AppleScripts to specific folders so actions are performed automatically as soon as you add items to the folders. Once you know the basics of how Folder Actions ...

Welcome to Part I of this mini AppleScript feature on creating useful folder actions. We'll have more posts on this topic coming up, but for now, let's introduce what a folder action is. Have you ever ...

One of the great things about OS X is that it’s like the real world. You store your files in folders; when you don’t want something, you put it in the Trash. But on your Mac, a folder isn’t really ...

Windows: On OS X, Folder Actions are a powerful way to automate your folders. Folder Actions for Windows brings those easy-to-use tools to the PC world. There are a variety of functions that Folder ...

Yesterday we reported on a new folder action which checks for correspondence between a filename's extension and the type/kind in order to find files that may be indicative to the Mac OS X type/creator ...

On Tuesday, Google announced that they had added a new activity stream to Google Drive. Google is describing it as “a single, easy-to-view place to review every action taken on your files and folders” ...

So far in this AppleScript feature we've covered what folder actions are and how to create them. In this AppleScript post, I'm going to tell you how to create your own custom scripts and add them to ...