Nikon D200 shooting wirelessly into AP2

Has anyone who shoots wirelessly with a Nikon D200 using the WT3A transmitter transitioned to AP2. If yes, how are you doing it? Thanks Steven

To set up a hot folder, create a new folder on your desktop or where ever you want your wireless images to land on the system as you would normally. Open Automator (under Applications) and in the Library column, select Finder. Then in the Action column, drag Find Finder Items into the box on the right. Use the settings in this to point to the folder you created and choose the options for selecting the files. Next, back in the Library select Aperture and from the Actions column, drag Import Photos into the right hand box so it is action number 2. Here you can select the destination project in Aperture that you either created earlier or instruct the action to create a new one for you. You also have the option to delete files from the desktop folder after they have been imported into Aperture.
Once you are happy with your settings, test it by putting a couple of files into the desktop folder and clicking the Run button at the top. If it all works as anticipated, then you need to save it.
To save this, click File>Save as Plug-In. First give it a name, then where it says plug-in for, choose Folder Actions. Another selection box appears and you need to navigate it to the new folder you created at the beginning (the one on your desktop, not inside Aperture). Then hit save.
Now, each time an image file lands in the first folder, it will be transferred to Aperture. You may also want to add further Finder actions to copy the images to a second folder before importing them into Aperture as this acts as a useful back up just in case some thing goes wrong. The back up folder can be on another drive or another Mac if they are networked.
Have a play around with Automator as it is not so hard to use. You can keep the Action open in the background so it easy to edit if you find you need to tweak it at all.
I use this frequently, not wireless though. I should also say that while I use Aperture 2, it works in the older versions too. I do not use Leopard yet though, but I doubt there will be a difference.
A word of warning, I have found at times the actions do not move all the files in the hot folder at first attempt, so simply take another picture and when it arrives in the hot folder, it will kick start the actions again and should move the rest over.
Hope this helps.
Message was edited by: mjmphoto

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