Comments on: Apple Automator For the Win! http://www.philoking.com/2009/12/13/apple-automator-for-the-win/ Computing for the OS Agnostic Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Randy http://www.philoking.com/2009/12/13/apple-automator-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-24806 Randy Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:37:11 +0000 http://www.philoking.com/2009/12/13/apple-automator-for-the-win/#comment-24806 Hi, I'm brand new to Apple and I'm trying to learn whether Automator can handle changing all my contacts in Address Book to listed by Company Name, rather than first or last name. 1st - any idea whether that can be done? and 2nd, can you point me in the right direction f it is possible? Thanks - getting used to this environment is not real easy for an old guy like me, but I can certainly see the benefits to staying with the MAC! Thanks, Randy Hi, I’m brand new to Apple and I’m trying to learn whether Automator can handle changing all my contacts in Address Book to listed by Company Name, rather than first or last name. 1st – any idea whether that can be done? and 2nd, can you point me in the right direction f it is possible?
Thanks – getting used to this environment is not real easy for an old guy like me, but I can certainly see the benefits to staying with the MAC! Thanks, Randy

]]> By: Jason Burns http://www.philoking.com/2009/12/13/apple-automator-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-23743 Jason Burns Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:42:31 +0000 http://www.philoking.com/2009/12/13/apple-automator-for-the-win/#comment-23743 Yea, there is that. But this is part of my nightly backup process, so the assumption is that I am not using the machine when this runs. Yea, there is that. But this is part of my nightly backup process, so the assumption is that I am not using the machine when this runs.

]]> By: Arnan http://www.philoking.com/2009/12/13/apple-automator-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-23741 Arnan Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:28:50 +0000 http://www.philoking.com/2009/12/13/apple-automator-for-the-win/#comment-23741 Keep in mind though that while this might work fine in most cases. The workflows making use of finder, like the one you made here, tend to lock up finder during the process. IE, making finder stall other tasks until the copying has completed. Atleast in OS 10.5 this was the case. I haven't tested this on OS 10.6 yet. Did you notice this? If so, the sollution is rather 'simple' you can use automator but instead of using it to have finder connect to your server have it run a shell script which would be a rsync command to copy your files. Keep in mind though that while this might work fine in most cases. The workflows making use of finder, like the one you made here, tend to lock up finder during the process. IE, making finder stall other tasks until the copying has completed. Atleast in OS 10.5 this was the case. I haven’t tested this on OS 10.6 yet.

Did you notice this? If so, the sollution is rather ‘simple’ you can use automator but instead of using it to have finder connect to your server have it run a shell script which would be a rsync command to copy your files.

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