stetho:scope I have my uses

Folder actions are notoriously slow AND they’re just an extra layer on top of launchd. I’ve found that using launchd to run your script improves the reliability of AppleScripts (YMMV).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Disabled</key>

<false/>

<key>Label</key>

<string>com.domain.myapplescript</string>

<key>Program</key>

<string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>

<key>ProgramArguments</key>

<array>

<string>osascript</string>

<string>/Library/Scripts/myapplescript/myapplescript.scpt</string>

</array>

<key>WatchPaths</key>

<array>

<string>/Volumes/path/to/folder/to/watch</string>

</array>

<key>RunAtLoad</key>

<true/>

<key>onDemand</key>

<true/>

</dict>

</plist>

Call this file com.domain.myapplescript.plist and put it in to your (not the systems) /Library/LaunchAgents/ folder.

At restart/login launchd will see this file and act on it. You can control it from the command line with

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.domain.myapplescript.plist

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