Mac Automator App: How to Set Folder

Question

This is probably something simple but its driving me crazy...

I was just able to build my first automator workflow, which is quite basic and uses the Subtitles application to download subtitles for movies in a specific folder.

The Actions are:

Get Folder Contents Filter Finder Items (to only movie files) Open finder item with the Subtitle app

It works fine when I execute the workflow from within Automator because it has a "Folder Action receives files and folders added to:" clause in the beginning which tells which folder to use.

However, I want to save that as an application so I can schedule that on iCal but, when I save as an app, the clause which tells the folder is no longer available and looks like I need to pass the folder name as a parameter/argument and I have no idea on how to do that.

So, what I need guidance is on how to have the app executed in iCal while telling it which folder to use.

Thanks in advance...

Apoligies. I was not aware of the existence of "apple.stackexchange.com" which I think is better suited for this question I just posted it there. Thanks. — grosado

regulus6633 regulus6633 · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-23T07:37:06

Just add a "run applescript" action above your "Get Folder Contents" action. Make the applescript code look like the following. Make sure to put your folder path between the quotes.

on run {input, parameters}
    return "/Users/username/Desktop/"
end run

Note: a quick way to get a path is to run this in Script Editor and use the result.

return POSIX path of (choose folder)

Mac Automator App: How to Set Folder

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