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Custom plan
Authored by: leary on Sep 28, '05 05:06:04AM

"But it took me 30 seconds or less to choose the same files using the 'Custom Plan' and 'file and folders' selection."

I have to agree. What's the benefit of messing around with QuickPicks?



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Custom plan
Authored by: mark hunte on Sep 28, '05 09:28:02AM

hint above in it self is not that much of a time saver.
I followed the link in the comment from PancakeMan.
and discovered that you can use these files in a better way.
Instead of just backing up Single or multi folders holding various files.

You can use it to scan your user home folder for a type of file/files and back only those up. (this uses a slightly different DefinitionPlist.strings format )

It took me 30secs to figure it out and make a Quickpick plugin to look for all my Apple script files.

When you get it going do not worry when the scan reaches high numbers, this is just the number of files it has looked at, not what its going to back up.

Also as well as changing the DefinitionPlist.strings remember to change (in my case ) the English Proj->InfoPlist.strings to reflect the dialog and name of the Quickpick you see in Backup3



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How do I find the numerical creator code, etc.
Authored by: pumasalad on Oct 07, '05 09:12:34AM

I'm trying to set this up for all my AppleScripts and AppleScript applications... knowing the .scpt extension is easy enough, but how can I define backing up only 'APPL's with the creator of 'aplt'?

or, how do I look up the numerical creatorCode and typeCode?

here's the first part of the line from the quickpick about AppleWorks:

Qualifier = "(creatorCode = 1112490575) or (typeCode = 1129796435)";

...now, what numbers do I need to use for AppleScript applications?



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