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    Name for HDD in Applescript

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by SP Forsythe, Sep 14, 2011.

  1. SP Forsythe

    SP Forsythe Notebook Evangelist

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    I want to modify an applescript that opens two finder windows.

    Does anyone know the term that applescript uses to define the hard disk folder?

    Examples:

    open home Opens a finder window of the home folder destination
    open folder "Documents" of home Opens a finder window of the documents subfolder of home

    I want to open a finder window showing the HDD.


    EDIT: Nevermind, I got it.
    open folder "Macintosh HD"
     
    SP Forsythe, Sep 14, 2011
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  2. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    that works, unless someone has renamed their hard drive. I always use POSIX path for Applescript so you can use a standard path like /Users/doh123/Documents ... you just have to label it as a POSIX path, so your root of your main hard drive would always be / no matter what it was named.
     
    doh123, Sep 14, 2011
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