PolyMicro Systems

This is really cool, maybe now I can start getting more content published.

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Searching for a good way to collect web page designs and present them using the tools I currently have is proving to be cumbersome. What I really want is to capture the look and feel of a page without all extraneous information.

Found a nifty little way to move files today. I had noticed my Font folder had a lot of duplicates of the system fonts so I wanted to eliminate them without having to go write a script so I thought about using Finder Labels to do the trick. A bit cumbersome maybe but probably could be automated with an Automator. Here are the steps for moving folder A to folder B without overwriting any files in folder B.

1. Go to folder A and select all files/folders.
2. Select ‘Get Info’ for the selection.
3. Label all the files with your favorite color.
1. Ensure folder B does not have any files labeled with your color.
2. If Finder won’t let you label, check permissions and set ownership to yourself.
4. Now drag the selection to folder B
5. When asked to replace a duplicate, just select no to all
6. Folder B should now have a bunch of labeled files from folder A
7. Go back to folder A and delete all the files
8. Go to folder B and select all the labeled files and move them to folder A
1. To easily select the labeled files switch to column view
2. Select ‘Show View Options’ menu
3. Turn on the Labels column
4. Click on the Labels column to sort the finder window
5. Select all the labeled items

As I said, a bit cumbersome but quicker than writing a script. If I discover I need to do this more than a few times I probably will write a script.