Let Hazel Manage Your Files
I would really encourage anyone who is dealing with media files to take a look at
Hazel.
Hazel is an incredibly powerful and easy way to automate and organize your files. I told Hazel to watch my Mac Mini's Movies folder for the m4v files EyeTV creates. When the encode is finished, the file is moved over my network to a Drobo on a remote machine. Once the file is moved over, Hazel automatically cleans up my Movies folder, removing the original file. I also have Hazel watching for new files on the Drobo connected to my Mac Pro. Once found, it automatically adds them to the Mac Mini's iTunes Library and triggers a sync to my AppleTV's.
Hazel is about $20, but you can try Hazel for free for 15 or 30 days, I don't remember which, but it will save you a lot of aggravation in long run as opposed to dealing with AppleScript.
I don't really mean to turn this into an ad for Hazel, but I simply love it (and no I don't work for them). Merlin Mann, turned my on to it and now I use it to handle all my media organization, HandBrake encodes, iTivo downloads, internet downloads, everything. If a drive is not available or a folder is missing, Hazel will wait until it is available then continue to process, it's also got some special mojo that waits for a file to be inactive before processing
very cool. One of the coolest things is that you can use all the Spotlight metadata the OS supports to match files to process. With my HandBrake encodes, I have it watch for m4v files that have been tagged with a Genre. This way it won't add files to iTunes unless I've added the metadata, which to me means the file is ready to be added to my library. I used to do a lot of this automation with Applescript, but I could have saved a bunch time if I found this utility earlier.
