Syncing FInder smart folder with images to iPhone
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15-04-2021 - |
Вопрос
I created a smart folder using Finder containing images that I would like to sync to my iPhone. When I opened iTunes and tried to select that folder to sync images into my iPhone, the folder was grey and I was unable to select it.
Does any workaround exist that makes it possible for me to accomplish this synchronization?
Решение
I wrote this python script that searches for all files with a blue label (color 4) in a directory and copies it to a regular folder instead of a smart folder.
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
// You can add several label searches and put them into separate "smart" directories
configuration = [
{ "color": "4", "location": "/Absolute/path/to/destination directory" }
]
for config in configuration:
color = config["color"]
location = config["location"]
os.system("mdfind -onlyin /Absolute/path/to/search/directory -literal 'kMDItemFSLabel = 4' > /tmp/favs.txt")
os.system("rsync -a --progress --no-relative --files-from=/tmp/favs.txt / \""+location+"\"")
files_list = os.listdir(location)
for file in files_list:
if not file in open('/tmp/favs.txt').read():
print("Removing "+file)
try:
os.remove(location+file)
except OSError:
pass
This script only searches for labels, and not all the other functionality a smart folder can have. For something like this, I would recommend Hazel which is an app where you can make rules for e.g. copying files to a directory based on criteria.