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I want to be able to move the contents of a folder along with the folder to another location.

I’ve googled & read the posts here in the forums.

I have seen no clear solutions, just a lot of confusion. A lot of the posts go back years. One mentions that a simpler solution is to be included in a future release (3.0)

We have a lot of responses from Mr. Noodle on how to do it, and a lot of responses from people who just aren’t grasping it (myself included).

The inherent problem is that that there are people here who understand coding & scripting and a lot of people who don’t (me again).

Can someone make a simple tutorial with screen caps on how to go about creating a sequence that looks for a specific file type (mp3, epub, etc.) in a folder & then moves that whole folder along with the enclosed file (or files if more than 1) to another location?

Why isn’t it as simple as just moving a loose file which we all can do?

Thanks.

It can't be that simple because you are specifying conditions for a folder based on its contents. You can't just throw all the conditions together without designating what they apply to.

To do what you want, hold down the option key and click the + button to create a new condition. This will create a nested condition. You'll see there a new pop-up. There you can specify the target of the nested condition. Any conditions under that nested condition will apply to what you select in that pop-up. There you can specify any/all sub-files.

With those conditions set up, now you have a rule which matches a folder based on its contents. Just use whatever actions you want to operate on that folder.

Thanks Mr_Noodle. That works.