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Hello again, Bernd!


Yes, it works for me too - thanks again.

I will take a look at MacScripter too (thanks for the links) - because the next problem seems to show up sooner as expected (again! ;-))... but more on this one after making my homeworks (Google is my friend, as well as MacScripter now ...

Hello at last


The missing part "... as text" was essential - everything is fine now! )
Thanks again & until next time (for sure! )


Best regards,
Vlad Ghitulescu

Hello again, Bernd!


Sorry, I have to correct myself:

1.- Your script works as expected:

set path2choosen_folder to "MacVlad HD:Users:Vlad:Documents:interesant:Vlad lernt AppleScript:Test:director"

tell application "System Events"
set current_size_choosen_folder to (physical size of disk item ...

Sorry, I've just figured that you live in Bochum (something about 20 km from my home - in Essen! so that you probably don't need a translation

Hello, Bernd!


Thanks for the quick reply!

Unfortunately I encountered an error (even after I have deleted the second bracket after path2choosen_folder ;-) that said:

"AppleScript-Fehler

"System Events" hat einen Fehler erhalten: alias "...<here comes the path2choosen_folder>..." kann nicht in ...

Hello, John!


I still have the same problem as you described even after replaced "folder" by "item":

tell application "Finder"
set x to path2choosen_folder as alias
get physical size of item x
set curent_size_choosen_folder to result
end tell
if the result = "missing value" then
tell ...