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Hi all,
I use AppleTV Screensaver to show photos on my TV. AppleTV is pointed to a folder of photos on the LAN and then it plays them in a random order. Unfortunately if there are more than 200 photos in the folder, it always picks the same ones.
My idea is to clear the folder down each day and use automator to select 200 photos at random from my main photo folder ("Folder A") and copy the files to the folder that AppleTV is pointed to ("Folder B"). I will also put the AppleTV on a timer socket (the type you use to turn lights on at dawn) which means that when it powers off and back on, it will be forced to rescan Folder B and voila, find a new set of 200 photos.
Unfortunately I know nothing about Automator or Apple Script, although I'm willing to try and learn!
Any ideas how I can set up a scheduled task to achieve the following:
1) Delete all files in Folder B
2) Select 200 files from Folder A and copy them to Folder B
Thanks
Tim
I use AppleTV Screensaver to show photos on my TV. AppleTV is pointed to a folder of photos on the LAN and then it plays them in a random order. Unfortunately if there are more than 200 photos in the folder, it always picks the same ones.
My idea is to clear the folder down each day and use automator to select 200 photos at random from my main photo folder ("Folder A") and copy the files to the folder that AppleTV is pointed to ("Folder B"). I will also put the AppleTV on a timer socket (the type you use to turn lights on at dawn) which means that when it powers off and back on, it will be forced to rescan Folder B and voila, find a new set of 200 photos.
Unfortunately I know nothing about Automator or Apple Script, although I'm willing to try and learn!
Any ideas how I can set up a scheduled task to achieve the following:
1) Delete all files in Folder B
2) Select 200 files from Folder A and copy them to Folder B
Thanks
Tim
