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Totally override a folder's name sort order in the Finder
Authored by: readparse on Jun 25, '03 02:50:24PM

This kind of organi(z|s)ation is something that drives me nuts, but mainly because I've always secretly envied it. I remember when I was an admin geek ("admin" as in paper, not as in systems) in the Air Force we had something called a "Suspense File". Just an accordian file with 31 folders in it. Check it every day and dispose of everything in the file for that day. This is a great automated, year-long version of that and I think it sounds like a great idea. And if the author didn't mention it, I'll expand on it by saying my version will probably have a cron that runs every hour (so it will be sure to run when my computer is on) that will open the Finder folder for today in its own window so it attracts my attention if it has anything in it and isn't already open.

I hereby resolve to implement this as part of my continuing struggle to gain control of my life :)



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Totally override a folder's name sort order in the Finder
Authored by: pairaka on Jun 26, '03 06:01:12AM

Could you explain how to do this, please? Setting up my system so that I can have the folder for the current date open automatically at a specified time?

Thanks,

Pairaka



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Totally override a folder's name sort order in the Finder
Authored by: LouieNet on Jun 26, '03 08:39:54AM
pairaka wrote:
Could you explain how to do this, please? Setting up my system so that I can have the folder for the current date open automatically...

I would do something with:
set curmonth to month of (current date) as string

to start looking for the correct folder. There's probably something very, very similar for the day of the month.

...at a specified time?

Have a look at cron and osascript to run an Applescript at specifid times and intervals.

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Totally override a folder's name sort order in the Finder
Authored by: LouieNet on Jun 26, '03 08:45:07AM

And how about if there's nothing in the folder, then move the folder to the next month? And if the next month doesn't have that date (29-31), then move it to the next month that has it?

And if it's getting closer to the end of the work day, and there is still stuff in the current day's folder, it can do something else to get your attention...like play a song, etc. :)

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G4 cube, 1152M RAM, OS X Server 10.2.6



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