Comments on: Sync Folders http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/ Better Living Through Macintosh Scripting Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Harish http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-194144 Harish Thu, 20 May 2010 17:16:41 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=206#comment-194144 <p>Hi, I just installed this action and is working fine. But also have a few questions. 1. I dint under the 'Pass on' option 2. How can I sync folders from different locations?</p> Hi, I just installed this action and is working fine. But also have a few questions. 1. I dint under the ‘Pass on’ option 2. How can I sync folders from different locations?

]]> By: Grid212 http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-192378 Grid212 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:41:17 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=206#comment-192378 <p>Okay I'm a bit late to the party in every respect (only just started using Automator) however like a few others above I wasn't exactly sure how to set this up despite people's help. So here's what I did and this works on Mac OS X 10.4.11:</p> <ol> <li>Load Automator and start a new workflow</li> <li>From the actions panel choose 'Get Selected Finder items'</li> <li>Find your <em>source</em> folder, drag this in the action above (2)</li> <li>No import the 'Sync Folders action', and add it into the workflow</li> <li>As in step two, add the 'Get Selected Finder items' action</li> <li>Find your <em>destination</em> folder, drag this in the action above (5)</li> </ol> <p>You're done! Your workflow should read:</p> <ol> <li>Get Selected Finder items</li> <li>Get Specified Finder items (containing your source folder)</li> <li>Sync Folders</li> <li>Get Specified Finder items (containing your destination folder)</li> </ol> <p>My only remaining question is what does the 'pass on' drop-down do?</p> Okay I’m a bit late to the party in every respect (only just started using Automator) however like a few others above I wasn’t exactly sure how to set this up despite people’s help. So here’s what I did and this works on Mac OS X 10.4.11:

  1. Load Automator and start a new workflow
  2. From the actions panel choose ‘Get Selected Finder items’
  3. Find your source folder, drag this in the action above (2)
  4. No import the ‘Sync Folders action’, and add it into the workflow
  5. As in step two, add the ‘Get Selected Finder items’ action
  6. Find your destination folder, drag this in the action above (5)

You’re done! Your workflow should read:

  1. Get Selected Finder items
  2. Get Specified Finder items (containing your source folder)
  3. Sync Folders
  4. Get Specified Finder items (containing your destination folder)

My only remaining question is what does the ‘pass on’ drop-down do?

]]> By: Sib http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-191531 Sib Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:31:33 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=206#comment-191531 <p>could somebody who has a working sync not post a screen shot of the work flow how it looks like? thanks</p> could somebody who has a working sync not post a screen shot of the work flow how it looks like? thanks

]]> By: Keaton http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-184544 Keaton Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:10:37 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=206#comment-184544 <p>How do i add folders to this action to sync?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> How do i add folders to this action to sync?

Thanks,

]]> By: mrcrister http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-181617 mrcrister Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:35:28 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=206#comment-181617 <p>I'm not having same name problems but the workflow does stop long before the files have finished processing. I am attempting to sync my music collection between one partition of an external hard drive and another. One partition is HFS+ the other FAT32 so I can have my music when I boot up in Windows (when I have to). I my eventually get an airport express so I can have the HFS+ partition show up in windows but for now I am defineatly having problems.</p> <p>It stops about 10 minutes into syncing 60+GB of music and gives the error "The Action "Sync Folders" encountered an error. Check the action's properties and try running the workflow again."</p> <p>What is strange (as mentioned before) is that everytime I run the workflow, it syncs the same files over again (the modified date on some of them updates again).</p> <p>My workflow persists of the following: Get specified finder items: specifies the two folders as instructed Sync Folders: pass on both folders, generate log checked (which remains blank the entire time.</p> <p>If anyone has any ideas, let me know!</p> I’m not having same name problems but the workflow does stop long before the files have finished processing. I am attempting to sync my music collection between one partition of an external hard drive and another. One partition is HFS+ the other FAT32 so I can have my music when I boot up in Windows (when I have to). I my eventually get an airport express so I can have the HFS+ partition show up in windows but for now I am defineatly having problems.

It stops about 10 minutes into syncing 60+GB of music and gives the error “The Action “Sync Folders” encountered an error. Check the action’s properties and try running the workflow again.”

What is strange (as mentioned before) is that everytime I run the workflow, it syncs the same files over again (the modified date on some of them updates again).

My workflow persists of the following: Get specified finder items: specifies the two folders as instructed Sync Folders: pass on both folders, generate log checked (which remains blank the entire time.

If anyone has any ideas, let me know!

]]> By: Bruce Lehmann http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-178341 Bruce Lehmann Tue, 26 May 2009 01:45:47 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=206#comment-178341 <p>I am having the same problem; I get an error message that reads, "The action “Sync Folders” encountered an error." followed by "Check the actionʼs properties and try running the workflow again."</p> <p>What should I do?</p> I am having the same problem; I get an error message that reads, “The action “Sync Folders” encountered an error.” followed by “Check the actionʼs properties and try running the workflow again.”

What should I do?

]]> By: Ronald H http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-173397 Ronald H Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:30:47 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=206#comment-173397 <p>Hi! Love the action but when I try to use it as a plugin for finder (so that I can rightclick a folder and choose the action from the automator submenu) it lets me select the one or two folders but it error out and says; "Can only sync two folders". I provide two folders. So it should work?? (I thought that when I rightclick the first folder and choose only one other folder it might work too, but it doesnt).</p> <p>Anybody have the same problems? And a fix for it? Thanks!</p> Hi! Love the action but when I try to use it as a plugin for finder (so that I can rightclick a folder and choose the action from the automator submenu) it lets me select the one or two folders but it error out and says; “Can only sync two folders”. I provide two folders. So it should work?? (I thought that when I rightclick the first folder and choose only one other folder it might work too, but it doesnt).

Anybody have the same problems? And a fix for it? Thanks!

]]> By: HuskerMn http://automatorworld.com/archives/sync-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-171614 HuskerMn Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:35:51 +0000 http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=206#comment-171614 <p>Re: Item 31 - It's possible the minimum block size is different on the two drives so that the file sizes of like objects show as different.</p> Re: Item 31 – It’s possible the minimum block size is different on the two drives so that the file sizes of like objects show as different.

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