macOS Applescript automatisation

[xieem]

Hi,

I was wondering if it would be possible to run an Applescript that would create a new folder every time there is a new month? This would be useful for accountancy purposes that it would also check certain file types for a date and put that file automatically in that folder.

Not sure if that would be doable but if yes any idea how to start?

 

[superscape]

It's most certainly possible. You could do it in AppleScript. Personally, I'd probably do it with a shell script. For example the following makes a folder on your desktop named with the current year and month:

mkdir -p "~/Desktop/$(date +%Y-%m)"

(copy and paste it into Terminal, found in your Utilities folder).

From then on, its just a question of scheduling the command to run at a specific time. You could use Automator to create a calendar alarm to schedule the script. Automator has a "Run Shell Script" tool. There are more elegant ways, but that's probably the easiest method.

Hope that's of some help!