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Created December 30, 2018 22:47
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A Folder Action script written in AppleScript used to separate AirDropped files into a different folder other than the default Downloads folder
property AIRDROP_FOLDER : "Path:to:AirDrop:Folder:in:Alias:format"
property QUARANTINE_KEY : "59"
property GET_QUARANTINE_COMMAND_START : "ls -l -@ '"
property GET_QUARANTINE_COMMAND_END : "' | tr '\\n' ' ' | sed 's/.*com\\.apple\\.quarantine\\s*\\(\\d*\\)/ \\1/' | awk '{$1=$1};1'"
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
repeat with i from 1 to length of added_items
set current_item to item i of added_items
set quarantine_type to getQuarantineType(POSIX path of current_item)
if quarantine_type is equal to QUARANTINE_KEY then
moveFile(current_item, alias AIRDROP_FOLDER)
end if
end repeat
end adding folder items to
on moveFile(move_file, destination_dir)
tell application "Finder"
move move_file to destination_dir with replacing
end tell
end moveFile
on getQuarantineType(file_path)
return do shell script GET_QUARANTINE_COMMAND_START & file_path & GET_QUARANTINE_COMMAND_END
end getQuarantineType
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Works great. I dropped the 'alias' as mentioned. @barfburglar: The normal Automator action that watches folders does not work for me for AirDropped files.

Took me a bit to understand the AIRDROP_FOLDER is the folder you're moving files to?

I'm not an AppleScripter. Is there a way to restrict to only .gpx files

Sequoia 15.1, M2 Pro Mini

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