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I created a workflow to move items from one folder to another and I want to get a notification when it's done. I could create the workflow without problems but now I would like to show the number of moved files on the notification pop-up.

How can I get the number of files?

Basically I'm copying downloaded files to a "Downloads" folder on iCloud Drive. After the files are copied, I would like to show a notification saying "{NumberOfFiles} moved successfully."

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  • Can you add a screenshot of your workflow? – nohillside♦ Oct 10 '14 at 18:28
  • Are you thinking of something like Apple Script (as action in Automator) that counts the files and displays the result in Notification ? – Ruskes Oct 10 '14 at 20:51
  • That could be, but I don't know how to create the script. – Danilo Moreira Oct 10 '14 at 21:38
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You can use the following Apple Script to set a variable (named item_count) to the number of items returned from the previous action:

on run {input, parameters}
    set (value of variable "item_count" of front workflow) to (count of input)
    return input
end run

The list of items is simply passed through.

You could use it like this:

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  • This nice, but missing the part how to show the result in the notification pop-up – Ruskes Oct 11 '14 at 1:13
  • @Buscar웃: uhm. how do you mean? – user94148 Oct 11 '14 at 16:28
  • Thanks! I guess that I just need to add the item_count variable to the displayed text on notification pop-up and it's done. I will try and let you know. Thanks again man. – Danilo Moreira Oct 11 '14 at 21:04
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Not sure if the way Automator handles variables in Apple scripts has changed since @hop answered in '14, but setting the item_count variable as an action seems to work better.

on run {input, parameters}
    return count of input
end run

Count number of items in Automator with AppleScript.

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