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A script to provide Growl notices on folder modification
Authored by: MacFox on May 18, '06 12:07:46PM

This is a good hint. Thanks for posting it.

I have a slightly different setup for this type of notification using Automator that applies a Folder Action to the iDisk Public folder. I have two workflows. The first changes the color label on my Public folder, a desktop alias, and any items that are added to it to red whenever a change occurs.

My second Automator workflow is not a Folder Action but both a Finder plug-in and application that changes the label of the Public folder, it's alias, and all it's contents to green. I've customized the toolbar on my Finder windows to include the application so that I can just click on it directly.

The result is that whenever new items are added to the iDisk Public folder those items as well as the Public folder are labelled red to indicate that I should take a look. The labels on any existing items in the folder aren't changed so I can easily distinguish between new and old items. Once I have reviewed the items I run the second workflow, either from the Finder pop up menus or from the toolbar, and this turns everything green to indicate that I have seen these items.

I have also added Growl notifications to these workflows within Automator to pop up on my second monitor.



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