Automate import to iphoto naming the event.

Hi,

If you use Automator :

You don't have the folder name , because the "Import ..." action import files not folder.

Here is a solution :

If you use a folder action, the first action should be the "Run AppleScript" action.

Cut all the code in the action.

Copy/paste this text in the action.

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onrun {input, parameters}

tell application "iPhoto"

import from input

end tell

return input

endrun

This was a great solution - Thank you! I wonder if you have a script, or addition to that script, that can delete the photos I drag into the folder (that are getting imported with the above-provided script)? I tried to just add another script (which I got by googling, finding someone successfully setting script to delete the contents of a folder) following in the workflow in automator, but I guess there isn't enough delay to allow the import to finish, and I get an error.

Is there something that could be built into the script you provided? Thank you for your help! (Sorry, I am a very basic user!)

Hi,

abeerxx wrote:

T I wonder if you have a script, or addition to that script, that can delete the photos I drag into the folder (that are getting imported with the above-provided script)?

Yes :

on run {input, parameters}
      tell application "iPhoto"
            import from input
            repeat while importing is true -- waiting
                  delay 5
            end repeat
      end tell
      tell application "Finder" to delete input -- move items to the Trash
end run

Thank you so much - that appears to work like a charm!

Wes I was trying to get this to run and I must be missing something.
Can you outline the process flow you used to make it work?
Is Automater firing the script?
Is this a "Folder Action"?