[crooner]

Hey, Folks.
I need a bit of AppleScript help.

I just ordered a dual 2.7Ghz G5 and would like to be able to keep track of originally installed system software from the get go.

Back in the days of Mac OS 9 (remember that?) I used a cool little (albeit simplistic) AppleScript that would automatically assign the color Label of my choice to every item inside the System Folder. By doing this, whenever doing any troubleshooting, I could easily see what files were original and which one were added by other applications or utilities.

I've had some trouble finding a way to do this in Mac OS X. What I’d like to do is assign the gray, or seventh, label to all items enclosed in the root level Library folder, the root level System folder and possibly my user account's Library folder.

The script used under OS 9 was this:

tell application "Finder"
activate
set label index of every item of the entire contents of folder "System Folder" of startup disk to 7
end tell

Will this work under Mac OS X if I just modify the proper target folder's name?

I really appreciate any help and input here.

TIA!

[Diggory Laycock]

Hi,

You might have permissions problems changing the labels in the /System directory.

Also - just tried your script - and alas it needs to be a bit more verbose to work under OS X:

This modified test version worked for me - you can alter it to change the folders you want...

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tell application "Finder"
-- activate

set pubDir to folder "Public" of home
-- get properties of pubDir

set pubContentsList to the entire contents of pubDir

repeat with itemIndex from 1 to number of items in pubContentsList
set this_item to item itemIndex of pubContentsList
set label index of this_item to 7
end repeat

end tell

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[crooner]

Originally Posted by Diggory Laycock

Hi,

You might have permissions problems changing the labels in the /System directory.

Also - just tried your script - and alas it needs to be a bit more verbose to work under OS X:

This modified test version worked for me - you can alter it to change the folders you want...

[php]
tell application "Finder"
-- activate

set pubDir to folder "Public" of home
-- get properties of pubDir

set pubContentsList to the entire contents of pubDir

repeat with itemIndex from 1 to number of items in pubContentsList
set this_item to item itemIndex of pubContentsList
set label index of this_item to 7
end repeat

end tell

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DL,
I realized I never bothered to thank you for your help. It was much appreciated and worked.

True... there were some items that wouldn’t be labeled due to permissions, but all in all, the script did help me with being able to discern what files were virgin installed and what were copied over by Apple’s migration assistant.