Set OldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters On searchReplace(theText, SearchString, ReplaceString) Script: “Convert Windows to Mac path and open it” “Convert Windows to Mac path and open it” This enables me to select a path, right-click and choose the appropriate service from the “Services…” menu, which I named: In Mac OS Automator I created three Apple scripts that run as a service. So, I reversed the hack above and added a call to open the folder to the file. Currently, I manually navigate to it by translating the path in my little head, which hurts. \\servername\MLS\Timbers\IrrefutableProofTimbersAreBestTeamInMLS.pdfīut that’s a stupid thing to do over and over, so I found some examples online (this forum and others) and hacked it until I got it to work a few ways (see below).Ī related problem is when Windows users send me a file path and I want to quickly access it. Into an email, then manually convert it to a Windows path: Smb://servername/MLS/Timbers/IrrefutableProofTimbersAreBestTeamInMLS.pdf Got a wild hair to solve this problem since it's been bugging me… first, I'll recap, then provide a solution :įrom a Mac, I want to copy a file path on a network share into an email so that its clickable by poor Windows recipients.
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