Does Tiger let me create a folder that...

...acts like a Smart Folder, but only contains files I specifically drag into it?
I want a folder on my desktop that contains items I often need instant access to, like a certain mov or pdf file. The actual file must sit neatly in its folder hiearchy on my hard drive, while my instant access folder contains just a pointer (shortcut/alias) to it.
Preferably, I'd like to drag files into the folder and have the folder automatically create an alias inside the folder, similar to how the OS X dock creates and holds references to applications. Can a folder that does something like this be made?

Why don't you just create an alias when you drag the file to the folder? - hold Cmd and Option while dragging.

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I have a Mac OS 10.6.8 server in my classroom that I have networked to student accounts on the iMacs in the room. How do I create a folder that allows studnts to place their finished assignments in it, but does not allow them to go in and remove anything from that folder?

You want a "Drop Box" style folder. You should be able to achieve this by creating a folder and giving it permissions similar to the "Drop Box" folder in your users Public Folder (i.e. write only permissions.)

In Address Book, why does Apple let you create custom fields in the Template cards but not have them available for importing?

I open Address Book, go into Preferences, select Template and under the Names field (friend, assistant, father, etc) I add a custom field called "Principal".
I also add two more custom fields in the Email area.
Quit Address Book then relaunch. Add a new contact and the new custom fields, Principal, etc. are there. All good so far.
I have a Now Contact file with about 200 contacts in it. I export all fields as a Text file, Tab delimited. No problems there. With Address Book launched, select Import, pick the text file, leave Text Encoding on Automatic and click Open.
The window that shows the fields for Address Book and fields for the text file side by side opens. This is where you match up the correct fields for importing. If I go to one of the fields from the text file that I created a custom field for, click under the Address Book heading on the Do not import, scroll thru the Apple choices of fields, none of the custom fields show up. Only the original Apple ones are there. Why does Apple let you create them in the Template area but not have them available for importing? Does anyone have suggestions on getting around this?

While most likely not of interest to you, Spotlight can also tell you where the files it finds are located
Hover the mouse pointer over the name, and press Command-Option and the path to the file will be displayed.
As for opening a terminal session in the directory where a file is located, there is Applescripts that do just that as well as specific features in Lion/Mountain Lion terminal:
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/420456/open-terminal-here-in-mac-os-finder>
<http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110729034827358>
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1047793/folderinterm.html>
<http://www.macworld.com/article/1161876/open_finder_folder_in_terminal.html>
<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os_x_lion_open_a_folders_location_in_term inal>

In my macbook pro sees in the screen very wide a vertical black bar and it does not let see what this underneath that bar

in my macbook pro sees in the screen very wide a vertical black bar and it does not let see what this underneath that bar

Take it in for service. Your screen probably needs to be replaced.

I have created a folder that I can now Save to and view in Photoshop (CS4) but cannot find in spotlight or any other way on my mac. PLEASE HELP!!

I use Photoshop CS4, I do not think this problem is related to PS... I am not exactly sure what happened. I created a folder on desktop, think I changed name of it. Now it is not on desktop. I know the exact name of the folder and have tried doing a spotlight search and cannot locate it AS WELL as searching for a file by name EXACT as name is. However if I go into Photoshop I can open or "save as" and open the folder and save as a "recent location" and the folder and its contents are found no problem... however cannot see the pathway to know where the folder is located on my mac.. PLEASE HELP!!! Been using photoshop and my mac for MANY years and NEVER had a problem like this... I have a photo client awaiting their pictures to be burned on a cd and mailed to them!!
THANK YOU!!
Laurie

Try this. Open one of your files. The window that contains your picture is named at the top. Command click on the name and you'll see the entire path starting with its name and then moving to the folder, the folder it is contained in, etc all the way to down to the hard drive volume name. This should tell you where to find the folder.

Create a folder that inside is in list view and smallest font?

I hope this is simple,
Using Applescript I want to be able to make a folder That when I open it, is in the list mode and using the smalles font (8). Could be useful if I can even specify where on the screen i want it to open and the size of that window. list and font are however more important.
Matt

Running the above script as you are aware works with no problems, I tried adapting it to me exist script where applescript creates the folder earlier so I referenced it with the same script and although no error there is no change on the folder.
I've tried to shorten the script here
set thePrefix to ""
set theWeekNumber to ""
set theMonth to ""
set thisDate to current date
---- your first week of the year is the third Monday of August
set theWeekNumber to ((thisDate - (my augustThirdWeek(thisDate))) div 604800) + 1
on augustThirdWeek(d) -- get the third monday of August
          copy d to tDate
          tell tDate
                    set {its day, its month, its time} to {15, 8, 0} -- start at August 15
                    repeat 2 times
                              repeat while (its weekday) is not Monday
                                        set its day to (its day) + 1 -- add one day (range 16 ... 21)
                              end repeat
                              if d < it then -- this date is older that the third Monday of August
                                        set {its day, its year} to {15, (its year) - 1} -- subtract one year
                              else
                                        return it
                              end if
                    end repeat
          end tell
end augustThirdWeek
set theWeekNumber to theWeekNumber
repeat
--set theWeekNumber to do shell script "date -v+133d +%V"
          set theMonth to do shell script "date '+%m %B'"
          set quartersToUse to choose from list {"AW12", "AW13", "SS12", "SS13", "XMAS_2012"} with prompt "Choose the quarter."
          try
                    if theWeekNumber = "" then error
                    exit repeat
          on error
                    set thePrefix to "INVALID ENTRY! "
          end try
end repeat
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set theBhs to "BHS_WK" & theWeekNumber
set theBurton to "Burton_WK" & theWeekNumber + 1
--some more folders created here
tell application "Finder"
          set theBHSFolder1 to make folder at (path to desktop) with properties {name:theBhs & theEnd}
          my (setCustomIcon from bhsIcon to the result)
          set desktop position of theBHSFolder1 to {50, 150}
          set theBHSFolder2 to make folder at (path to desktop) with properties {name:theEnd2 & theBhs}
          my (setCustomIcon from bhs2doIcon to the result)
-- Some more like above
--then I inserted your bit here
          set bhs2DoWindow to container window of theBHSFolder2
          set properties of theBHSFolder2 to ¬
                    {current view:list view, position:{100, 100}, bounds:{100, 100, 400, 300}}
          tell list view options of bhs2DoWindow to set properties to {text size:10}
end tell
--Then a custom Icon creation here
to setCustomIcon from imageFile to destination
          Set the icon of a destination file item to the image contained in imageFile
                    parameters -                    imageFile [various]:          an imagefile for the icon (Finder alias or POSIX text)
                                                  destination [various]:          a destination item to set to the icon (Finder alias or POSIX text)
                    returns [boolean]:          true if icon is set, false otherwise
          set imageFile to imageFile as text
          if imageFile starts with "/" then -- check for POSIX file
                    set imageFile to imageFile as POSIX file as alias
          else
                    set imageFile to imageFile as alias
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          set destination to destination as text
          if destination does not start with "/" then -- check for POSIX file
                    set destination to POSIX path of destination
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                              (duplicate imageFile to (path to temporary items) with replacing) as alias
                              set tempImage to quoted form of POSIX path of the result
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                    set tempResource to quoted form of (POSIX path of (((path to temporary items) as text) & "TempResource"))
do shell script "/usr/bin/sips -i " & tempImage -- add a Finder icon to the image
                    do shell script "/Developer/Tools/DeRez -only icns " & tempImage & " > " & tempResource -- get the icon resource
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log errmess
-- display alert "Error " & errnum message errmess buttons {"OK"}
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How to create Smart Folder that limits search to a specific folder or drive

I've been playing with Smart Folders in Leopard 10.5.5. I would like to create a smart folder that limit the search to only a specific folder where I keep all of my work related files. I cannot figure a way how to do this.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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1.) Performed Archive and Install. This did not correct the problem.
2.) Performed clean install to new hard drive. This corrected the problem.
3.) Performed a user migration (to the fresh new OS and new HD) using the migration utility and the problem returned.
So it seems pretty clear that there is something related to my user identity that is causing the problem. I called Apple tech support but they were not able to resolve the problem.
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Is there a way I can create a folder that contains images from many different catalogs?

Id like to be able to put all of my select images in one folder so I can easily find images to develope at any given time.

Do you have 1000s of photos per day every day, so millions of images in total?
I have 1.5 years of shooting in 1 catalog, as many images as fit on my external drive, about 50,000, and all are divided into separate folders by day and subject, having folder names with date_event/subject/location format, sometimes several per day, i.e. 2013-07-04_Fireworks, 2013-12-25_ChristmasMorning. This allows me to find a subject or event quickly using merely a file-system search operation without having to open my catalog. Because I automatically save XMP files for each image, I can even open a folder in Bridge and see my edits for just that folder without going into LR.
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You can do just a few to start with, and work backwards in time, as you have time.
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Can I create a folder that will automatically update files changed on a USB stick?

Hi,
I am just wondering if there is a way to do this.
here's the situation, and what I'd like to happen.
I have a folder on a USB thumb drive with files in
A file within the set of folders is changed (on, for example, a college computer)
When I connect my USB to my Mac, the file that was changed on the college computer, then replaces the same file on my Mac so they're both the same version.
Basically, a syncronised folder so that all of my work that is changed on my USB will then be changed on my Mac automatically so that if I lose my keys and USB, I still have all of my work.
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Thank you in advance!
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No.
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Hi,
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How do you create a folder to organize your apps

How can you create a folder to organize your apps.
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Database query from: AdventureWorks2014
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: The permissions granted to user 'SQLServer2014\Mubs' are insufficient for performing this operation. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.AccessDeniedException: The permissions granted to
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Hi mujb,
Per my understanding you are using the report builder 3.0 to design the report and when you click the query designer button to execute the query you got the error message above, right?
I have tested on my local envornment and your issue can be caused by the user "SQLServer2014\Mubs" and "mujb-HP\mujb" haven't grant permission to the report server or the shared dataeource/dataset if you have used this.
I would like to confirm if you have assigned both the Item-Level and System-Level role of the user above to sucessfully access the report server, If you haven't grant any access to the above user and when you connect to the report server in the report builder,
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More details information below for your reference:
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Related information about the grant permission to report server for your reference:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156034.aspx
http://www.allenkinsel.com/archive/2013/01/adventures-in-ssrs/
If your issue still exists, please try to provide more details information.
Regards,
Vicky Liu
Vicky Liu
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Aperture 3.1.2 When exporting files to Finder is creating a folder for each file, that means export 200 files is creating 200 folders for each files. Does anyone knows how to fix this. Thanks

Aperture 3.1.2 When exporting files to Finder is creating a folder for each file, that means export 200 files is creating 200 folders for each files. Does anyone knows how to fix this. Thanks

No. This is NOT true. I've been battling with this for a couple hours.
I choose Export>Versions
choose
Subfolder Format: Project Name
no custom subfolder
Name Format: Current Version Name.
Aperture creates project folders for each image and names them Projects1, Projects2, Projects3 etc.
To be sure, I have no project named Projects
x
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