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Automator Loop Utility
Function: The Automator Loop Utility will convert workflow files to workflow applets that repeat their workflow at indicated intervals. Simply drag workflow files onto the droplet and choose the loop duration and location for the new applets.
Author: Nyhthawk Productions
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Doesnt work?!?!
I have os x 10.4.11 and when i download and open it immediatly closes, please help!
Comment by Harry — June 8, 2008 @ 8:53 am
I have tried the tip of Sentinel indicated as:
“I just added a “Run Workflow” to the end of the workflow I wanted to repeat and told it to run itself again. The only thing with this is that you have to stop it manually.”
But in my case, it only duplicated three times in a row. This is what I did:
Drag a Folder to Automator (I want to duplicate such folder again and again until the disk is full).
Drag “Duplicate Finder Items”.
Drag “Automator/Run Workflow”, selecting the “Finder/Duplicate Finder Items” as workflow.
If I run it, the folder is duplicated three times in a row and then I get the error:
“The file does not appear to contain a valid workflow document”
How to “tell it to run itself” again and again until the disk is full? In other words, how to make it duplicate for ever until the disk is full?
Thanks.
Comment by AutoX — August 1, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
While the 30 second limitation is a problem, you can achieve the same results by not using “Automator Loop Utility” at all.
I just added a “Run Workflow” to the end of the workflow I wanted to repeat and told it to run itself again. The only thing with this is that you have to stop it manually.
Hope this helps!
Comment by sentinel — May 11, 2007 @ 9:34 am
I did ofcourse not use Automator to make a droplet. I ment Applet! :)
Comment by emgee — August 31, 2006 @ 10:20 am
I wanted to download images off a webcam to make a movie, and used Automator to make a droplet. 30 seconds was too long for me too, so I created two apps of the automation, and had them load eachother upon completion. Another problem with the loop utility was that if one image for some reason took longer than 30 seconds to download, it had problems naming them correctly. The loopback (launcing eachother method) solved that, since it didn’t start again until it’d completed.
Comment by emgee — August 31, 2006 @ 10:19 am