G'day Mikethebook
I'm assuming you just want to copy items added to the dropbox into a destination folder? (ie. not an actual 'syncing' of the two folders).
You could set that up as a Folder Action Script attached to your dropbox. Not sure if the procedure is the same for Snow Leopard — see how you go.
Copy this into Script Editor (found in Applications > Applescript) :
Code:
on adding folder items to mgFolder after receiving mgFiles
set mgFolder to "Macintosh HD:Users:macgrunt:Desktop:Duplicates Folder:"
tell application "Finder"
duplicate mgFiles to mgFolder
end tell
end adding folder items to
You need to reset that path within double-quotes to your own destination folder. The easiest way to get the path is to select your destination folder in the finder and then run this from Script Editor :
Code:
tell application "Finder"
get selection as string
end tell
That will give you the folder path in your results window.
OK, once you've updated the script to your setup, it needs to be saved (as a script) into the
Folder Action Scripts folder — somewhere like this : Macintosh HD:Library:Scripts:Folder Action Scripts:
Then right-click on your dropbox and go down to "More..."
If you see "Enable Folder Actions", choose that.
Then right-click again and choose "Attach Folder Action".
The rest should be straight-forward.
Hope that helps.
m.
