Ari Bader-Natal  •  Automator Workflows

View all metadata for selected files


Description: This Finder plug-in provides quick access to file metadata.

Download: mdlsWorkflow120.zip
(version 1.2.0 7Feb2006, now includes an installer.)
(version 1.1.0 8Aug2005, original.)
Installation: Double-click to unzip the file, and then simply run the "Install Workflow.app" inside. If you prefer to manually install, instructions are in the included "README.rtfd" document.
To use: Select some files, right click on one of them, and select the workflow from the Automator menu. Before and after screenshots are below.
Source: The selected files in the Finder are taken as input for a Run AppleScript action with the following source:

on run {input, parameters}
    repeat with i in input
        tell application "Terminal" to do script "mdls " & quoted form of (POSIX path of (i as alias))
    end repeat
    tell application "Terminal" to activate
    return input
end run
Screenshots: