Droplets
To automate the process of making the same changes on repeated occasions, File Buddy will create droplets - small applications that automatically make the same changes every time something is dropped on them. Creating a Droplet To create a droplet:
File Buddy will create an application with the following icon: Note: By default, the resulting droplet will only modify files if the item in the info window at the time the droplet was created was a file. Similarly, it will only modify folders if the item in the window was a folder. This can be configured as described below unless one or more of the changes is only appropriate to files, such as changing the file type or creator. Determining What a Droplet Changes To see a list of the changes a droplet makes, open the droplet by double-clicking its icon or selecting it the Finder and using the Open command in the File menu. When the droplet opens, it will display a window with a list of the changes it makes. The changes cannot be edited, but the droplet can be configured to act on certain items. Configuring a Droplet The following options are available in a droplet's configuration dialog:
If the Option key is down when items are dropped on a droplet, it will open the droplet's configuration dialog before processing the items dropped on it. Changes apply to that run only. To edit the default configuration for a droplet, open it by double-clicking and use the Configure button, or open the File menu and choose Configure. Editing Droplets Other than the options described above, droplets are not editable. This is a design decision intended to reduce the amount of disk space required by both File Buddy and the droplets themselves. If changes are desired, create a new droplet with the new settings. File Buddy Required The droplets File Buddy creates require that you have File Buddy on your computer, and will check with File Buddy occasionally to see if File Buddy is registered. Droplets do not check registration information themselves. They ask your copy of File Buddy if it is registered. As long your copy of File Buddy is not expired, they run either way, but if File Buddy is not registered, it may display a reminder just as it would if you had launched it directly. Related Topics
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