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susan b buffering
Nov 14, 2016

Sri.Theo posted:

Is it possible to set up a script that will automatically move new downloads from my /Users/name/Downloads into /Users/name/OneDrive/5.Downloads and would someone help me? I want to do it this way as I won't have to change the settings in a bunch of individual apps and some don't work well with one demand folders.

Edit: This is on an up to date MacBook.

If you’re willing to spend a little money, Hazel is intended for this sort of thing. I use it myself for basically the same thing you want and it works perfectly.

You could also probably replace the Downloads folder with a symlink or alias to your OneDrive folder.

e: You can also make a "Folder Action" using Automator to accomplish this. It would look something like this:



susan b buffering fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Jan 9, 2021

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