mac users and the new daz zips - it is dead easy and quick

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• murgatroyd314 Posts: 1,436

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  I use a fairly straightforward Applescript compiled into an application. Just drag and drop a folder, wait a few moments or minutes (depending on number and size of files) and it is copied into My Library.

  
  on open droppedItems
   
   display dialog "How to handle existing files?" buttons {"Overwrite", "Cancel", "Skip"} default button 3
   if (button returned of result) is "Overwrite" then
    set overwriteOption to "f"
   else
    set overwriteOption to "n"
   end if
   
   repeat with thisItem in droppedItems
    if (folder of (info for thisItem without size)) is true then
     get quoted form of POSIX path of thisItem
     
     try
      do shell script "cd " & result & "; /bin/cp -RP" & overwriteOption & " ./* ~/Documents/DAZ\\ 3D/Studio/My\\ Library/"
     on error errorMsg number errorNum
      display dialog "Error (" & errorNum & "):" & return & return & errorMsg buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon caution
     end try
    end if
   end repeat
   
   display dialog "Script finished." buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon note
  end open
  

  
  (Derived in part from a sample script I found online and lost the link to long ago.)

  This assumes that your My Library folder is in the default location. If it isn't, adjust the path in the script accordingly.

  A "exited with non-zero status" error message may occur sometimes. This is a non-critical error, probably indicating a duplicate file somewhere. I have never had a product fail to work after this error.

  After use, the original folder may be safely deleted.
• esther Posts: 608

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  and if there are already contents in my library, does it merge the two folders?
  Because merging not copying is the thing I'm trying to tell everyone about.
  Love esther
• murgatroyd314 Posts: 1,436

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  Yes, it merges. Drag and drop, and everything falls right into place in your existing folder without harming anything that's already there.
• esther Posts: 608

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  great.
  well there is no reason for anyone to manually move all the subfolders hey.
• Richard Haseltine Posts: 96,731

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  Don't forget that this is only the first half of the system - there will also be an install manager that will take care of the merging for you, if you wish to use it.
• esther Posts: 608

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  I must have stopped reading the pdf too early. I stopped when it said to manually put all the subfolders into the correct runtime folder structure when you have decided where you want the files installed.
  Love esther
• mlambert_407cf6aa4a Posts: 4

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  Murgatroyd said:

  I use a fairly straightforward Applescript compiled into an application. Just drag and drop a folder, wait a few moments or minutes (depending on number and size of files) and it is copied into My Library.

  
  on open droppedItems
   
   display dialog "How to handle existing files?" buttons {"Overwrite", "Cancel", "Skip"} default button 3
   if (button returned of result) is "Overwrite" then
    set overwriteOption to "f"
   else
    set overwriteOption to "n"
   end if
   
   repeat with thisItem in droppedItems
    if (folder of (info for thisItem without size)) is true then
     get quoted form of POSIX path of thisItem
     
     try
      do shell script "cd " & result & "; /bin/cp -RP" & overwriteOption & " ./* ~/Documents/DAZ\\ 3D/Studio/My\\ Library/"
     on error errorMsg number errorNum
      display dialog "Error (" & errorNum & "):" & return & return & errorMsg buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon caution
     end try
    end if
   end repeat
   
   display dialog "Script finished." buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon note
  end open
  

  
  (Derived in part from a sample script I found online and lost the link to long ago.)

  This assumes that your My Library folder is in the default location. If it isn't, adjust the path in the script accordingly.

  A "exited with non-zero status" error message may occur sometimes. This is a non-critical error, probably indicating a duplicate file somewhere. I have never had a product fail to work after this error.

  After use, the original folder may be safely deleted.

  That's awesome - thanks for posting!
• murgatroyd314 Posts: 1,436

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  Richard Haseltine said:

  Don't forget that this is only the first half of the system - there will also be an install manager that will take care of the merging for you, if you wish to use it.

  That doesn't help at all until the install manager is actually released. It's been coming "soon" for how many months now?
• JOdel Posts: 6,250

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  And if you split your content so you have over a dozen *different* libraries, and want to install things specifically into only one of them?
• Richard Haseltine Posts: 96,731

  August 2012 edited December 1969

  As far as I know, from what has been said, the install manager will have options to pick the destination folder as the current installers do.