Originally Posted by JayBird

JUST CHECKED SCRIPT:

do shell script "cp -R $HOME/DOWNLOADS /Volumes/USB/"

WORKS 100% VERY VERY HAPPY

Great hearing that!

BTW: I dont know Candybar, sorry

is there a way to attach an icon to the script so when you compile it, it will link the image rather than show an apple script icon???

also i understand that the script below does copy files ect over,

is there anyway i can get it to show as if i had dragged the files onto the drive (when you see the blue bar + time)??

Originally Posted by JayBird

is there a way to attach an icon to the script so when you compile it, it will link the image rather than show an apple script icon???

also i understand that the script below does copy files ect over,

is there anyway i can get it to show as if i had dragged the files onto the drive (when you see the blue bar + time)??

1. Once you created the app, just klick on it once in the Finder, then hit command-I (Information). All the way on the top you see the icon. It can be replaced via copy->paste, very easy.

2. Yes it does cpoy files etc over

3. As far as I know the only reliable way would be to create an AppleScript Studio project, but this is not that easy. i dont know of a way to just use AppleScript, never had a reason to look into that. I see your reason for it. Will let you know if I find something you can use.

one last question, i have been looking into apple script and the -R , what is the main reason to using the R (all explanations i read don't make sense).

Also when it does the copy does it go directly to the drive, i don't know how but 7GB of space has been taken up in the last 2 hrs on my machine and i can't find where from.......

Originally Posted by JayBird

one last question, i have been looking into apple script and the -R , what is the main reason to using the R (all explanations i read don't make sense).

Also when it does the copy does it go directly to the drive, i don't know how but 7GB of space has been taken up in the last 2 hrs on my machine and i can't find where from.......

You need -R cause cp alone wont copy folder, just single files.


One question on the command
do shell script "cp -R $HOME/DOWNLOADS /Volumes/USB/"

Did you write it that way, it wont work I am afraid (upper and lower case matter

would be
do shell script "cp -R $HOME/Downloads /Volumes/USB/"

but only if the external volume you are copying the backup to is named "USB" - meaning showing up in the Finder as Volume "USB".
Please check this

hey i have writen it like:

o shell script "cp -R $HOME/Downloads /Volumes/USB/" - USB being name of external Drive

'll PM you the Code

Try it like this
Change SourceFolder and TargetFolder to match yours


-------Copy from here ------------------
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set SourceFolder1 to path to (home folder)
set SourceFolder to POSIX path of SourceFolder1 & "/Downloads/"
set TargetFolder to "/Volumes/USB/"
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set SSize to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")
do shell script "cp -R " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
repeat
set TSize to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")

display dialog "Copied " & TSize & "Kb of " & SSize & "Kb" giving up after 1
if (TSize as number) is (SSize as number) then exit repeat
end repeat

----------To here----------

It will give you a progress indicator
Zeljko

if i wanted to add more, folders in, for example MOVIES / PICTURES would it look like this?

-------Copy from here ------------------
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set SourceFolder1 to path to (home folder)
set SourceFolder to POSIX path of SourceFolder1 & "/Downloads/"
set SourceFolder to POSIX path of SourceFolder1 & "/Movies/"
set SourceFolder to POSIX path of SourceFolder1 & "Pictures/"
set TargetFolder to "/Volumes/USB/"
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set SSize to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")
do shell script "cp -R " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
repeat
set TSize to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")

display dialog "Copied " & TSize & "Kb of " & SSize & "Kb" giving up after 1
if (TSize as number) is (SSize as number) then exit repeat
end repeat

unfortunately you can't do it like that, cos every time you issue a "set SourceFolder to" you overwrite the previous one.

you can do it like this:

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set SourceFolder1 to path to (home folder)
set SourceFolder to POSIX path of SourceFolder1 & "/Downloads/"
set SourceFolderMOV to POSIX path of SourceFolder1 & "/Movies/"
set SourceFolderPIC to POSIX path of SourceFolder1 & "/Pictures/"
set TargetFolder to "/Volumes/USB/"
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set SSize to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")
set SSizeMOV to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")
set SSizePIC to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")
do shell script "cp -R " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " >/dev/null 2>&1 &"

do shell script "cp -R " & quoted form of SourceFolderMOV & " " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
do shell script "cp -R " & quoted form of SourceFolderPIC & " " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
repeat
set TSize to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")

display dialog "Copied " & TSize & "Kb of " & ((SSize as number) + (SSizeMOV as number) + (SSizePIC as number)) & "Kb" giving up after 1
if (TSize as number) is ((SSize as number) + (SSizeMOV as number) + (SSizePIC as number)) then exit repeat
end repeat

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or you can simplify it and do it like this:

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set SourceFolder1 to path to (home folder)
set SourceFolder to POSIX path of SourceFolder1

set TargetFolder to "/Volumes/USB/"
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set SSize to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")
do shell script "cp -R " & quoted form of SourceFolder & " " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
repeat
set TSize to (do shell script "du -h -k -d0 " & quoted form of TargetFolder & " | awk '{print $1}'")

display dialog "Copied " & TSize & "Kb of " & SSize & "Kb" giving up after 1
if (TSize as number) is (SSize as number) then exit repeat
end repeat
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this will copy your whole Home folder to a backup destination

another thing is , you can download a program called "Do Something When" , and program it to run the script every time you insert this specific external USB disk.
(no affiliation to azarhi software)

Hope it helps
if I can help further just let me know
Zeljko