"Scale Images" has limited less than 180 files?

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Katayanagi Author

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"Scale Images" has limited less than 180 files?

Hi,

I has made a Automator app that make jpeg images to a pdf.

For decrease pdf file size, I added automator task "Scale Images" and set "To Size (pixels)" to "960".

Then run Automator, the task seemed to be proceeding smoothly until 180 files.

But the task has not finished after ten minutes. The status icon was still in process "Scale Images (5/6)".

I stopped the app and try again. I have the same result. Nothing changed with the 181th jpeg file in Finder.

Does "Scale Images" has limitation less than 180 files?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on May 14, 2012 9:44 PM

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Answer 1

mns579

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May 15, 2012 12:17 PM in response to Katayanagi

I've not encountered a limit. (I just scaled 900 images with Automator under Snow Leopard. No problems.)

I wonder whether your image 180 is somehow corrupt or perhaps extraordinarily large and that it's causing Automator to hang. Remove 180 from the workflow and try again.

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Answer 2

Katayanagi Author

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May 15, 2012 5:23 PM in response to mns579

mns579, thank you for reply.

I also tried under Snow Leopard (10.6.8). The workflow has completed without hanging!

The version of Scale Images on Snow Leopard is 1.2.

In the case of Scale Images 1.3 on Lion (10.7.4), it has never completed... under same files and same workflow.

It seems something buggy.

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Answer 3

JamesK

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May 21, 2012 6:54 PM in response to Katayanagi

I also have this problem. Has a solution been found?

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Answer 4

Katayanagi Author

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May 21, 2012 7:38 PM in response to JamesK

No. I have not yet.

I use it under Snow Leopard. When I need to do the task under Lion, I use Preview.app manually...

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Nolive

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Oct 9, 2012 8:49 AM in response to Katayanagi

Hello,

I've the same problem (Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)

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Answer 6

pjdube

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Mar 19, 2013 9:37 PM in response to Katayanagi

Have you tried to use the following actions in the workflow?

Wait for Finder Items -- this is a 3rd party action.

Dispense Items Incrementally -- this is a 3rd party action and has to be in the same workflow as Loop

Loop

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