So, for example, if you drag Folder A-which contains Folders B, C, and D-to the workflow, the files within those folders (and the contents of the folders within these folders) will move to Folder A. When you drag a folder on to this workflow applet, all items buried in folders within that folder will be placed at the root level of the folder you dragged. Name your workflow something like “Subfolder Zapper” and save it to the Desktop. And finally, leave the Move Finder Items to Trash action alone. Configure the next Filter Finder Items action to read Kind is Folder. Leave the next Get Folder Contents action as it is-without the Repeat for Each Subfolder Found option checked. Enable the Replacing Existing Files option in this action. In the next action-Move Finder Items-drag the hostFolder variable from the variables list at bottom of the workflow to the To pop-up menu so that its name appears in the pop-up menu. Configure the following Filter Finder Items action to read Kind Is Not Folder.

WHen the workflow is run, the Launch Application action will open the System Preferences application, and then the Watch Me Do action will perform the recorded events with it.In the second action-Get Folder Contents-enable the Repeat For Each Subfolder Found option. Select the System Preferences application from the popup list in its action view. The Launch Application action will be inserted into the workflow. In the Automator window, locate the Launch Application action in the Utility category, and drag its title to before the Watch Me Do action and release. Select the first event in the Watch Me Do event list, and press the Delete key on the keyboard.

What if you choose to remove its icon from the Dock, but you still want to have this workflow still work? To make this workflow more reliable, let’ remove that event and instead use a different method of launching the System Preferences application in our workflow. But what if the System Events icon is not in the Dock. Note that the first event in the list is for selecting the System Preferences application in the Dock. It will contain a list of events, representing all of the steps you performed. To complete the recording, click the Stop button on the right side of the Automator recording palette.Īn Automator action, titled Watch Me Do, will be added to the workflow window. Tutorial 04: Adjusting the Recorded Action

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