Note: The ability to automatically import files added to Together’s library folders was added in Together 2.1 – See Together 2.1 – New Ways to Import for more information.

I’ve had a few requests for watched folders in Together, the idea being that you can save a file in a folder and it is automatically imported into Together.

This approach will also work well for scanned documents and the good news is you don’t have to wait for me to clear my email deluge and get back to some development, you can do this with a little Automator. Here’s how:

Any file opened in Together will automatically be added to the library, so all you need is a simple Automator workflow, with one action in it, like this:

Here’s one you can download: OpenInTogether.zip (26KB)

To use it:

• Uncompress the file and open it in Automator.
• Choose File > Save As Plug-in from the menu.
• From the “Plug-in for” pop-up choose “Folder Actions”
• From the “Attached to Folder” pop-up, choose the folder to watch.
• Click Save.

After that, any files saved or moved into that watched folder will then be imported into Together.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 10:20 pm by Steve Harris and is filed under Together. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.