Comments on: Automator Loop Utility

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:36:05 +0000

Oh… forgot to mention one thing… GOOD LUCK STOPPING THE LOOP after you’ve modified the script and you set your loop times real low. Give yourself a break. Leave a few seconds to let you stop it.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:31:45 +0000

The 30 second limitation is easy to fix. Download and unzip the utility. Right-click on the resulting app and select "Show Package Contents". Navigate to Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt and double click it. The script editor will open and right there on top are the limitations. I put in property minimumidle : 1 and property defaultidle : 10. Hit "Save" and close the script. You're done. You can now run things with short delay times. You might want to try zero delay to see what that does.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:30 +0000

I have the same problem. I know this is an old post but I cannot find the answer anywhere. I am using Mac OS 10.4.11 and just downloaded the automator loop utility today. I quits immediately and does not put a droplet on the desktop. Thanks for any help

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:53:41 +0000

Doesnt work?!?!

I have os x 10.4.11 and when i download and open it immediatly closes, please help!

By: AutoX

AutoX — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:10:52 +0000

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.

By: sentinel

sentinel — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:34:29 +0000

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!

By: emgee

emgee — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:20:55 +0000

I did ofcourse not use Automator to make a droplet. I ment Applet! :)

By: emgee

emgee — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:19:29 +0000

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.