Auto import Dropbox to new OS X photos?

[cdavis]

Anyone had success with this in either the beta or recent release or do we know if there is a new Hazel action on the way to accomplish this?

[Mr_Noodle]

Support for Photos is being worked on. I suggest keeping an eye on the beta forums should I decide to open it up for testing.

[cdavis]

Thanks.

Just as a heads up for all - scripting is supported in photos. I dug through the scripting libraries and found that the basic import commands are there with support for duplicates and importing to specific albums.

I used that with a hazel wrap around and was able to set up auto-import to photos from my dropbox camera folder with no trouble at all.

Works well so far.

[chrish]

Thanks.

Just as a heads up for all - scripting is supported in photos. I dug through the scripting libraries and found that the basic import commands are there with support for duplicates and importing to specific albums.

I used that with a hazel wrap around and was able to set up auto-import to photos from my dropbox camera folder with no trouble at all.

Works well so far.

Would you mind sharing your script for this? Thanks!

[cdavis]

Absolutely -

on hazelProcessFile(theFile)


tell application "Photos"
activate
import (theFile)
end tell


end hazelProcessFile

[Mr_Noodle]

Note that that will import it into your library but not into any album. Photos support is a bit lacking compared to iPhoto and Aperture so you have to do a bit more navigation to find your album.

BTW, if you are interested in testing Photos support, please email support as I'm about ready to do a private beta.