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I'm sure this is simple enough to most, but I am just starting to play around with Apple script.

I simply want to have a destination folder highlighted in finder and run a script that will copy all my photo and video files from an inserted SD card to that highlighted folder.

Basically just a quick way to offload files since I do this frequently.

Could anybody help get me started? Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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  • If you must use Apple's tools, I'd recommend starting with Automator instead of AppleScript. I have almost no experience with Automator, but with some help I got from @Mockman in this Q&A I was able to build a couple of working apps. One of the keys for me was using Automator to handle the GUI stuff, and connecting that to shell scripts I wrote. Maybe this would work for you as well? Commented Apr 6, 2024 at 6:43
  • IOW - maybe if you can get Automator to control the Photo Importer described in the answer below? Commented Apr 6, 2024 at 6:45

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Prebuilt Shortcut

Apple's Shortcuts application includes a prebuilt Photo Importer with Redundant Copy shortcut. The shortcut's description reads:

Copy a folder of content (like photos from an SD card) to your device, rename the folder using a custom prefix you choose, make a backup copy, and notify you when it’s done

Screenshot of macOS Shortcuts

This might be an easier starting point for automating the task.

Scripted Triggering

Assuming a shortcut is called say-hello…

The macOS command line tool /usr/bin/shortcuts can run the shortcut with:

shortcuts say-hello

Alternatively, an AppleScript can use the invisible Shortcut Events application with:

tell application "Shortcuts Events" run shortcut "say-hello" end tell
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  • That does sound like a good option. The reason I'm trying to do it with a script is so I can assign it to one of my touch-screen buttons on a Loupedeck. The backup also isn't needed. Commented Apr 5, 2024 at 22:58
  • The answer has been updated to show how a Shortcut can be integrated with a shell script or AppleScript. Hope this helps. Commented Apr 6, 2024 at 8:03

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