Help with Automator workflow!

Question

I work in graphics at a newspaper. I schedule items for publication with iCal. I want to set up an action that will move documents from one folder to another when the event they are associated with in iCal is passed.
For example. I have a calender called legals. I schedule the legals to run on a certain date, repeat them as required and then attach the document to the event so it is right there handy when I get ready to publish them. I have a folder called "legals" where all of these files are kept. I find this a wonderful system. What I want for Automator to do is to move the files to a folder called "old legals" when the event has passed in iCal. I am not very familiar with Automator but have been trying to do this for a while and can't figure it out. Any help in this would be greatly appreciated.
~Chris

Answer 1

If you can identify which files need to be moved on what days, you can still do it. Somehow, you have to name them, or organize them so that the computer can identify which ones need to move.
There is no "mind-reader" action to figure out which files you're thinking about.
Once you've established a method by which you can identify the particular files, instead of 1) and 2), use Find Finder Items, search in the legals folder, and set the criteria by which you can find the appropriate items.
Make a different workflow for each particular set of items.