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10.4: Use Automator to batch add Spotlight comments
Authored by: cafemomo on May 18, '05 06:24:48AM

Alternatively, in Automator, do the following workflow:

1. Finder > Get Selected Finder Items
2. Spotlight > Add Spotlight Comments to Finder Items
(keep append to existing comments checked, and open the options disclosure area and check 'Show Action When Run' so you can set comments each time)

Finally in Automator, go to File > Save as Plug-in..., enter "Add Spotlight Comments" as the "Save Plug-in As:" name, and make sure "Plug-in for:" is set to "Finder". Hit Save and close Automator (if it asks you to save again, do so)

Now in Finder, select some items you want to add comments to and right-click (or control-click) and select "Add Spotlight Comments" from the "Automator" submenu.

Job done. You can also add file renaming options and so on to Finder right-click actions. This is all demonstrated in the Automator demo movies on apple.com by the way.



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10.4: Use Automator to batch add Spotlight comments
Authored by: Arlo on May 18, '05 08:52:33AM
Those are great tips. The SuperMega workflow here takes all this to a crazy extreme, it's worth checking out.

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