Automated Tasks are AppleScript scripts that perform tasks in the Finder. To run a script (and perform its task), you can either choose the script from the Apple menu or activate the script in the Automated Tasks folder. The Automated Tasks folder is located in the AppleScript folder (inside the Apple Extras folder) on your hard disk.
How to Run the Scripts
The list below describes the task each script performs. It also tells you how to run the script from the Apple menu and from the Automated Tasks folder.
Add Alias to Apple Menu creates an alias for an item and puts the alias in the Apple Menu Items folder. (For more information on aliases, see the manual that came with your computer.)
• To use the script from the Apple menu: Select the item for which to create an alias. Then open the Apple menu and choose Automated Tasks and Add Alias to Apple Menu.
• To use the script from the Automated Tasks folder: Open the Automated Tasks folder and drag the item's icon onto the script's icon.
Find Original from Alias shows the original items of one or more aliases selected in the Finder.
• To use the script from the Apple menu: Select the alias (or aliases). Then open the Apple menu and choose Automated Tasks and Find Original from Alias.
• To use the script from the Automated Tasks folder: Open the Automated Tasks folder and drag the alias onto the script's icon.
Share a Folder checks to see if there is a folder named Drop Folder at the top level of the startup disk. If there is no Drop Folder, the script creates one. If File Sharing is off, it turns File Sharing on. It then sets full guest access privileges for the Drop Folder.
• To use the script from the Apple menu: Open the Apple menu and choose Automated Tasks and Share a Folder.
• To use the script from the Automated Tasks folder: Open the Automated Tasks folder and drag the folder you want to share onto the script's icon.
Share a Folder (no guest) checks to see if there is a folder named Drop Folder at the top level of the startup disk. If there is no Drop Folder, the script creates one. If File Sharing is off, it turns File Sharing on. It then sets No Guest access privileges for the Drop Folder.
• To use the script from the Apple menu: Open the Apple menu and choose Automated Tasks and Share a Folder.
• To use the script from the Automated Tasks folder: Open the Automated Tasks folder and drag the folder you want to share onto the script's icon.
Start File Sharing turns file sharing on.
• To use the script from the Apple menu: Open the Apple menu and choose Automated Tasks and Start File Sharing.
• To use the script from the Automated Tasks folder: Open the Automated Tasks folder and double-click the script's icon.
Stop File Sharing turns file sharing off.
• To use the script from the Apple menu: Open the Apple menu and choose Automated Tasks and Stop File Sharing.
• To use the script from the Automated Tasks folder: Open the Automated Tasks folder and double-click the script's icon.
Running Automated Tasks at Startup and Shutdown
If you want a script to run whenever you start up your computer, drag the script's icon into the Startup Items folder (inside the System Folder).
If you want a script to run when you shut down your computer, drag the script's icon into the Shutdown Items folder (inside the System Folder).
More Automated Tasks
See the More Automated Tasks folder for other scripts that perform Finder tasks. The More Automated Tasks folder is located in the AppleScript folder (inside the Apple Extras folder) on your hard disk.