Mac Extract Files From Multiple Folders

1. Extract All Files From Folders
2. Mac Extract Files From Multiple Folders File

Unzip multiple files in same directory on Mac OS X If you have multiple zip files in a directory and you want to extract all of them at once into that directory, then simply do Open Spotlight and enter “Terminal” then enter the following.

• Extract attachments from multiple email files in single click; Option to auto detects configured profiles or identities of Mac Outlook 2019, 2016, 2011 / Office 365; Add File(s) and Add Folder option to add OLK file separately; Capable to Extract attachments form OLM file seperately; Permits to Save multiple attachments of emails from PST file; Allow extracting a selected range of attachment.
• 1 - Open the main top level folder. 2 - In the search box, type a single asterisk (. ) which will cause all files from that point downward (in any subfolder) to show up in the search results, regardless of which folder they are in. 3 - Drag all the search result files to their new home. You can filter by file type too.

Prompting for Files or Folders

It’s generally good practice to avoid hard-coding file and folder paths in a script. Prompting the user to select files and folders makes for a more dynamic script that won’t break when paths change.

Prompting for a File

Use the Standard Additions scripting addition’s choose file command to prompt the user to select a file. Listing 26-1 and Listing 26-2 demonstrate how to use this command to display the simple file selection dialog with a custom prompt shown in Figure 26-1.

APPLESCRIPT

Extract All Files From Folders

1. set theDocument to choose file with prompt 'Please select a document to process:'
2. --> Result: alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Documents:ImportantDoc.pages'

JAVASCRIPT

1. var app = Application.currentApplication()
2. app.includeStandardAdditions = true
3. var document = app.chooseFile({
4. withPrompt: 'Please select a document to process:'
5. })
6. document
7. // Result: Path('/Users/yourUserName/Documents/ImportantDoc.pages')

Prompting for a Specific Type of File

If your script requires specific types of files for processing, you can use the choose file command’s optional of type parameter to provide a list of acceptable types. Types may be specified as extension strings without the leading period (such as 'jpg' or 'png') or as uniform type identifiers (such as 'public.image' or 'com.apple.iwork.pages.sffpages'). Listing 26-3 and Listing 26-4 show how to prompt for an image.

APPLESCRIPT

Mac Extract Files From Multiple Folders File

1. set theImage to choose file with prompt 'Please select an image to process:' of type {'public.image'}
2. --> Result: alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Pictures:IMG_0024.jpg'

JAVASCRIPT

1. var app = Application.currentApplication()
2. app.includeStandardAdditions = true
3. var image = app.chooseFile({
4. withPrompt: 'Please select an image to process:',
5. ofType: ['public.image']
6. })
7. image
8. // Result: Path('/Users/yourUserName/Pictures/IMG_0024.jpg')

Prompting for Multiple Files

To let the user choose more than one file, include the choose file command’s optional multiple selections allowed parameter. Listing 26-5 and Listing 26-6 display a prompt asking for multiple images, as shown in Figure 26-2.

APPLESCRIPT

1. set theImages to choose file with prompt 'Please select some images to process:' of type {'public.image'} with multiple selections allowed
2. --> Result: {alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Pictures:IMG_0024.jpg', alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Pictures:IMG_0025.jpg', alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Pictures:IMG_0026.jpg'}

JAVASCRIPT

1. var app = Application.currentApplication()
2. app.includeStandardAdditions = true
3. var images = app.chooseFile({
4. withPrompt: 'Please select some images to process:',
5. ofType: ['public.image'],
6. multipleSelectionsAllowed: true
7. })
8. images
9. // Result: [Path('/Users/yourUserName/Pictures/IMG_0024.jpg'), Path('/Users/yourUserName/Pictures/IMG_0025.jpg'), Path('/Users/yourUserName/Pictures/IMG_0026.jpg')]

Prompting for a Folder

Use the Standard Additions scripting addition’s choose folder command to prompt the user to select a folder, such as an output folder or folder of images to process. Listing 26-7 and Listing 26-8 demonstrate how to use this command to display the simple folder selection dialog with a custom prompt shown in Figure 26-3.

APPLESCRIPT

1. set theOutputFolder to choose folder with prompt 'Please select an output folder:'
2. --> Result: alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Desktop:'

JAVASCRIPT

1. var app = Application.currentApplication()
2. app.includeStandardAdditions = true
3. var outputFolder = app.chooseFolder({
4. withPrompt: 'Please select an output folder:'
5. })
6. outputFolder
7. // Result: Path('/Users/yourUserName/Desktop')

Prompting for Multiple Folders

To let the user choose more than one folder, include the choose folder command’s optional multiple selections allowed parameter, as shown in Listing 26-9 and Listing 26-10.

APPLESCRIPT

1. set theFoldersToProcess to choose folder with prompt 'Please select the folders containing images to process:' with multiple selections allowed
2. --> Result: {alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Desktop:', alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Documents:'}

JAVASCRIPT

1. var app = Application.currentApplication()
2. app.includeStandardAdditions = true
3. var foldersToProcess = app.chooseFolder({
4. withPrompt: 'Please select an output folder:',
5. multipleSelectionsAllowed: true
6. })
7. foldersToProcess
8. // Result: [Path('/Users/yourUserName/Desktop'), Path('/Users/yourUserName/Documents')]

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