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Use Automator to move files to new folder based on list of filenames?

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I'm not sure if this is something that Automator can do, and would really appreciate any pointers. I'm working with a folder of ~4500 images. Based on some metadata that I have from another source, I want to move about a thousand of those images to a new folder (it's just too many to move by hand). I have a csv file that includes the names of the files to move, but I can't figure out how to get Automator to let me set the list as a criteria. The filenames are all randomly assigned strings of 32 numbers and letters, so I don't think this is a matter of filtering. How would I go about moving ~1000 files from one folder to another using a csv/list? Maybe it's possible that Applescript is a good option, but I can't say I've ever looked there at all, so I'd be starting from scratch.
Asked by jcc (19 rep)
Oct 12, 2021, 07:26 PM
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