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<blockquote data-quote="susja" data-source="post: 1937183" data-attributes="member: 411384"><p>Hello Folks,</p><p>I have quite a simple Task. I want to automatically delete all files from Download folder except for the current day.</p><p>I thought that I could use Automator. I looked in basic steps and created the Task.</p><p>I noticed 2 issues:</p><p>1. from all conditions Automator offers in Action 'Filter Finder Items' I did not find the one I was looking for. I was looking for something like 'Date added before 'today'. I did not find any 'condition' for 'added'. Hence, I selected 'Data created' + 'is before' + current date. It should work for today ... but how about tomorrow and other days?</p><p>Does anyone know how to compile this Task for Automator?</p><p>2. second and 'weird' issue was that it was working but very inconsistent. I mean that when I tested it and moved some 'old' files ... it moved it to Trash sometimes but did not do it always. That's weird. I have no clue why it's so inconsistent ..</p><p>Could anyone share their experience?</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susja, post: 1937183, member: 411384"] Hello Folks, I have quite a simple Task. I want to automatically delete all files from Download folder except for the current day. I thought that I could use Automator. I looked in basic steps and created the Task. I noticed 2 issues: 1. from all conditions Automator offers in Action 'Filter Finder Items' I did not find the one I was looking for. I was looking for something like 'Date added before 'today'. I did not find any 'condition' for 'added'. Hence, I selected 'Data created' + 'is before' + current date. It should work for today ... but how about tomorrow and other days? Does anyone know how to compile this Task for Automator? 2. second and 'weird' issue was that it was working but very inconsistent. I mean that when I tested it and moved some 'old' files ... it moved it to Trash sometimes but did not do it always. That's weird. I have no clue why it's so inconsistent .. Could anyone share their experience? Thanks [/QUOTE]
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