Folder Action Based on File Source

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I prefer Preview as my default PDF viewer. However, there are certain PDFs that I need to open in Adobe Acrobat DC for some work things. All of these files that I need to open in Acrobat come from a limited number of websites where I download them.

What I think I want to set up is folder action that sees that a file was downloaded from a certain website and then automatically opens that file in a certain app (in this case, Acrobat). But for anything that doesn’t meet this specific criteria, it would just save the file as normal for me to open when I want to with Preview as the default app.

I know how to make folder actions in Automator. But I don’t see a way for the action to be based on the file download location. However, this location is stored in the file’s metadata, as seen in Get Info » More Info » Where from (it lists the URL).

Any ideas?

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Maybe Hazel can do this?
You should be able to dd an applescript to download to run from hazel.

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mdls will include this in its list of metadata

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Yes, Hazel can detect where a file came from. I’m pretty sure it can also open with a designated app, or at least do this with AppleScript.

5

Hazel did it. Natively.

I don’t know why I didn’t think about Hazel. I stopped using it a while back, but now I’m going to have to think through some new workflows!

Thanks @Evan @dfay @jkoopmans!