Folder actions

On Jan 17, 2008, at 8:55 AM, Udo Huth wrote:

> I tried to attach a folder action to my "Programs" folder of Mac OS
> 10.4.10.
> It annoys me, that the folders are opened always with the icons
> unsorted. So
> I tried to create a folder action, to sort the icons by name upon
> opening
> the folder.
>
> Apart from the fact that the automator workflow didn't work, the
> folder
> action was gone after re-booting the computer. (I had attached it
> yesterday,
> today it was gone.)
>
> Does anybody know where to find an applescript which sorts a
> folder's icons
> by name? How do I attach the folder action / the apple script
> permanently to
> a folder?

Udo,

Is there some reason you cannot just set the view options (cmd-J) for
the "Programs" folder to sort by name?

I have done this for my Applications folder, and it always keeps the
applications sorted by name.

Malcolm

am 18.01.2008 11:15 Uhr schrieb tidbits-talktidbits.com unter
tidbits-talktidbits.com:

> Is there some reason you cannot just set the view options (cmd-J) for
> the "Programs" folder to sort by name?
>
> I have done this for my Applications folder, and it always keeps the
> applications sorted by name.

Malcolm,

Thanks a lot!!

As I'm new to Mac OS X it didn't appear to me to look there. I adjusted the
icon size after a fresh installation of OS X to this Mac -- but never
touched the "View Options" after that again.

You're right, this is far more easy than trying to write a folder action
script...

Regards,

Udo

Hi. I have an early 2006 iMac (with MacOS 10.4.11) which has the MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846 (firmware revise FB2U) optical drive. Although it happily accepts commercial music and movie DVDs, CDs and is configured to accept dual layer DVDs, it seems to have a problem with DL DVDs and one or two 4.7GB DVDs burned by a friend using Toast 8 and/or Disk Utility. On a rare occasion the iMac did accept one of the problem DL disks after repeated insertions, and I tried to copy it by way of Toast 7. The copy went fine, but the burning bombed out with the message reading:

Sense key - Hardware Error - Sense Code = 0x03 Drive reported error Sense key = illegal request Sense code -0X30, 0xo5. Cannot write medium - incompatible medium.

The drive has also screwed several blank DVDs when I tried to load and burn data.

Does anyone know whether Matshita has ever issued a firmware upgrade. My google exploration showed up only firmware that allows one to over-ride commercial regional usage barriers. Alternatively, if anyone has worked around a problem of this order, I'd appreciate guidance. The Matshita is a tray configuration. I tried cleaning it with compressed air (canned) to no avail.

Milner Erlank