Using Evernote as a searchable database of folder directories on hard drives

[hrgoldstein 0]

Hi!

 

Has anyone done anything interesting and simple to use Evernote to keep a searchable list of folders that are on external hard drives beyond outputting a text list from a Finder window and pasting that into an Evernote note?

 

Thanks in advance!

[JMichaelTX 4,118]

I don't know of anything specific, but there are probably Mac utilities that will generate a text file of the entire directory of an external drive.

You could probably use Mac Automator, AppleScript and/or Keyboard Maestro to automate this process, including the import into Evernote.

[hrgoldstein 0]

Thanks for the reply.  I actually found a pretty automated way to do this:

 

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/list-an-os-x-folder-hierarchy-with-textwrangler/

 

that would fit the bill and obviously I could paste into Evernote.  Just wanted to see if there was something else through Evernote that I wasn't aware of.

[JMichaelTX 4,118]

Thanks for sharing that link -- looks very useful.

While you could copy/paste into Evernote, you can also just drag the resulting TextWrangler file on top of the Evernote icon in the Mac Dock to import the file to Evernote.

[hrgoldstein 0]

Didn't immediately think of that- you're right!  Even easier.