AppleScript file permission error when trying to save attachment of mail message

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applescript mail.app permission attachments

                          As per various code snippets  on the web I am trying to implement a simple AppleScript to save the attachments of Mail messages to a folder.

    set thePath to ((path to home folder as text) & "Documents")
    
    tell application "Mail"
    	
    	set selectedMessages to selection
    	set theMessage to item 1 of selectedMessages
    	
    	set theAttachments to theMessage's mail attachments
 
    	repeat with theAttachment in theAttachments
    		set originalName to name of theAttachment
    		set savePath to (thePath & ":" & originalName)
            display dialog ("Saving attachment to " & savePath)
    		save theAttachment in savePath
    	end repeat
    	
    end tell

Here is what the dialog box reports when I run the script with one message selected in Mail that has an image attached:

> Saving attachment to Macintosh
> HD:Users:billtubbs:Documents:20180415_103233.jpg

Here is the error message I get:

    error "Mail got an error: To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info." number -10000

It is raised on the line 

    save theAttachment in savePath

Asked by Bill (523 rep)

Apr 16, 2018, 03:22 AM
Last activity: Jul 26, 2022, 10:05 PM

AppleScript file permission error when trying to save attachment of mail message

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