[Mac] Folder Action with Automator

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[Mac] Folder Action with Automator

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Mac OS X Automator is a great built-in tool for automating various tasks. Making custom context menus for Finder (i.e. Quick Action) and watching folders for new files (i.e. Folder Action) for console tools like FileBot is straight-forward.


Getting Started with the built-in Automator Workflows

Starting with FileBot 4.8.5, FileBot now includes sample Automator workflows that you can install / uninstall via the Help menu.

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Learn how to use Automator and create Automator Workflows yourself


Folder Action: Automated Media Center

In this example we will use Automator to watch a given folder for new files and pass them on to FileBot: Automated Media Center for processing.

  1. Make sure that the filebot console tools are installed and working:

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    /usr/local/bin/filebot -version
  2. Start Automator, click New Document and select Folder Action to create a new workflow
  3. Click the Choose folder combobox and select the folder you want to watch
  4. Drag a Run Shell Script (Utilities) action into your workflow
  5. Set the Pass input combobox to as arguments
  6. Paste following filebot command into your shell script workflow:

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    /usr/local/bin/filebot -script fn:amc --output "$HOME/Media" --action duplicate --conflict skip -non-strict --log-file amc.log --def excludeList=".excludes" unsorted=y music=y artwork=y "$@"
  7. Save your new workflow and close Automator
  8. Done! Newly added files will be processed fully automatically!


Finder Service / Quick Action: Automated Media Center

It's pretty much the same the above. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader. ;)

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