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bry25

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Oct 28, 2011
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hi,
I am new to macs, having pcs all my life just made the jump.
i want a simple script file that will copy files from a certain directory on the mac(a dir on desktop called "working") and copy all the files in it, to a network drive on a vista laptop(c:\users\public\public music\mp3).
i can access both directories from each other so the network side of it is ok.
if this were pc i would be fine but am TOTALLY unaware of even where to begin. If it would only add files that didn't already exist it'd be perfect but a simple copy script would be great.
thanks
Bryan

ps i'm running os X lion on the mac and Vista on the l/top.
 
You can do stuff like this with UNIX-style shell scripting, but that's hard to learn. AppleScript is much easier to get the hang of, and works well for tasks like this. Automator makes it even easier (just drag and drop actions into the appropriate places), but you lose flexibility as a sacrifice.
 
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