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iPhoto import from folders AppleScript
Preface: Having upgraded my phone (Nokia N8) firmware to “Belle” — whatever version that is, the Nokia Multimedia Transfer application no longer imports photos to iPhoto.* Tragic because the camera is the sole reason I bought this phone. Ordinarily this would not be a problem since the phone uses a “DCIM” folder at the drive root and can store images with 8 character names (5 of which you set yourself). But not every photo app does store them there or with a “proper” name. Even though there exists an “Images” folder in the drive root that I know gets used, Mass Storage.app does not access it. Could be another naming convention similar to DCF
This is an AppleScript to get around this limitation, and to allow (in my case at least) the importing of camera files named by date. In short you choose which folders you want this script to tell iPhoto to import from and can be used with any folder(s), no specific device required.
Notable: Uses ‘defaults’ to store and load folder paths in a property list (.plist) file.
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Clone Finder window
Sometimes having two Finder windows open to the same folder comes in handy. This script should as well because it tells the Finder to do just that.
Open in AppleScript Editor.app
tell application "Finder"
try
set this_folder to folder of window 1
make new Finder window to this_folder
end try
end tell
Also a part of NewHere.
Back up
After a week of no “real” site, we are back in personal, non-business. One filesystem failure is all it takes to nearly wipeout you and your backup. I don’t think any photos I’ve uploaded have survived. I’ll have a look later. Eventually.
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Time to mess with this some more
AppleScript to extract data from a message in Mail.app
Newer more betterer version out now! Check it.
This is used to take selected e-mails, the contents of which are auto generated web form submissions, and parse them for the mailing address using AppleScript’s text item delimiters.
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Hide thumbnails of certain users content on Flickr
Using CSS you can identify and hide thumbnails from users. Makes it a bit easier to skip past or ignore people who can’t help but taint your favorite groups with inappropriate or offensive material or idiotic political themed collages. Nothing kills my buzz like having the local flora, fauna, and other interesting things interrupted with fear mongering hate rhetoric.
/**** A-holes on Flickr ****/
a[href*="/USER_ID/"]:before {
content: "NUTJOB ";
}
a[href*="/USER_ID/"] img {
display:none !important;
}
This does not hide the actual content on its own page or disable any links. It just lets you easily identify items to avoid while hiding the thumbnail.
The USER_ID can be culled from the URL the item resides at. For instance my ID in context: http://www.flickr.com/photos/strawhousepig/ Keep in mind that not all IDs are human readable. The default value is a seemingly random string.
No results found for “infinite scroll is ass”.
Don’t give me that malarky. Infinite scroll IS ass!
Netflix search bookmarklet
Drag this link to your bookmarks, or copy paste the URL.
What it does: Takes the current selected text and sends it to Netflix.com as a search string. If no text is selected a prompt window will pop-up allowing you to manually enter a term. Also, if you are browsing The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) when you select it the title of the page will be used as the search string.
What it is:
is_imdb=/\.imdb\.com/;
if(is_imdb.test(document.domain)){
q=document.title.split(' - IMDb',1);
}else{
if(getSelection()!=''){
q=getSelection();
}else{
void(q=prompt('Enter search term (Netflix)',''));
}
}
if(q){
window.open('http://netflix.com/WiSearch?v1='+escape(q));
}
Mac ready “lightbox” close widget
I use a Mac, you use a Mac. Our close window button is in the top left corner of the window so it’s convenient when a JavaScript pop-over puts the “button” there, though most don’t. A few I run into I’ve decided to throw some CSS at to fix them.
/**** Mac ready "close" widget ****/
/* WordPress admin "More info..." */
div#TB_ajaxWindowTitle {
position:absolute;
top:0px;
left:25px;
float:none !important;
display:inline !important;
}
div#TB_closeAjaxWindow {
display:inline !important;
float:left !important;
clear:left !important;
}
/* Amazon */
div.ap_close {
left: 24px !important;
}
span.ap_closebutton {
float:left;
clear:left;
}
/* "Fancybox" */
a#fancybox-close {
left:-15px !important;
}
/* "MultiBox" */
div.MultiBoxClose {
left:-26px !important;
}
/* Disqus profile */
a.dsq-modal-close-btn {
position:absolute !important;
top:10px !important;
left:10px !important;
}
This would of course go into your user defined CSS file. Which in Safari can be added at Safari > Preferences | Advanced – Style sheet: