


Unless you’ve been living under an Internet rock, you know that Apple released a new version of iOS, featuring a much heralded new mapping application. In the AppleScript action, paste this: on run tell application "Finder" to empty trash return input end run Save the action. Search for an action called “Run AppleScript.” Drag that action over to the right. Search for an action called “Move Finder Items to Trash”. Be sure the selected variable is “Source”. Drag that action over to the right underneath the iTunes action. Search for an action called “Get Var of Value”. Be sure to select “Library” from the empty dropdown. Drag that action over to the right underneath the variable action. From “Variable” select “New Variable.” Call it “Source” Search for an action called “Import Files into iTunes”. Search for an action called “Set Var of Value”. From the dialog box, select “Folder Action.” At the top, where it says “Folder Action receives files and folders added to,” select “Other” and select your new folder. So here’s what I did to get files from a folder into iTunes: Create a folder somewhere on your system. With Automator, you can attach an action to a folder, so that that action will be performed whenever anything is added to that folder. That’s where Automator - one of the most underrated pieces of software that comes with every Mac - comes in. But I don’t want to have to go to screen sharing on the Mini and add a file to iTunes.
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So, how to continue ripping the DVDs I already own? The solution, it turns out, is to continue doing the actual work on my iMac when it comes to ripping, filtering the files through iDentify and MetaX. But, the new Mac mini lacks an optical drive. I put the mini (headless) in the closet, along with the Drobo and a printer. With many of the TV’s in the house on AppleTVs, any TV in the house can watch any movie in the library at any time. Download I recently added a Mac mini to my setup at home, that I’m using to drive my in-home “video on demand” system.
