Organizing files into folders

How do I create a folder to keep groups of files organized?

On a windows system use the Windows Explorer to create folders.

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  • Move files into folders based on EXIF Creation Date

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    I have a folder that contains thousands of jpg, mp4, mov and avi files; all created by different cameras. I want to bring some order to this and place files in folders based on year, month and date that the file was created (the photo taken or the video captured). This date is stored in the EXIF creation date.
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                        File 1 taken Jan 16 2002
                        File 2 taken Jan 16 2002
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                        File 2 taken Aug 20 2002
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                        File 1 taken Jan 1 2014
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    Well, technically that's correct, Frank, but the same could be said of much of AppleScript - the core functionality is limited, but there's a lot you can do.
    For example, it's actually trivial to use Image Events get any given EXIF tag of an image:
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    tell application "Image Events"
              set f to open theFile
              set cD to value of metadata tag "CreationDate" of f
      close f
    end tell
    Now, cD will have the value of the CreationDate tag (assuming it exists, of course - you'll need to wrap this in a try/end try statement). Once you have that it shouldn't be too hard to extract the date components, work out the target directory name and move the file.

  • Cannot save files into folders or attach files in folders since installing Maverics

    Since installing Mavericks, I have been having trouble saving files (notably, Mail attachments) into the folder I want and also opening files in folders.
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    I cannot select a folder into which to save as the file. (I can, usually, save it into the outer folder and then move it afterwards or save it onto the desktop or into the downloads folder and then move it.)
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  • Trying to create an Applecreate to rename files into folders based on filename

    I am trying to create an AppleScript that will take a file (a.b.c.txt forexample) and create a directory from the filename minusextensionand then move the file into that directory
    ie.a.b.c>a.b.c.txt
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  • Can't drag & drop files into folders

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    My work comp just got upgraded to Mountain Lion along with a few coworkers (who for whatever reason aren't experiencing this same issue). Basically, if I have a folder (folder 1) and inside it is some PSD's sitting loose and another folder (call it folder 2) - when I try and drag those PSDs into 'folder 2', they disapear from 'folder 1' (which is expected), but when I go to 'folder 2', the PSDs aren't there. Searching for the file name in finder came up with nothing, trying to open it from 'recently open' in Photoshop didn't do anything. Eventually I found the missing files on my desktop (not sure why it didn't show up in the Finder search). Did a test and sure enough, every time I try to drag and drop files into a folder (regardless what folder it is), everything gets dumped on my desktop.
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