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Subject: Starting the Mac OS finder with python


Bastep ( ) posted Fri, 13 October 2023 at 4:37 PM · edited Thu, 07 November 2024 at 12:01 AM

I am currently writing a tool to change the textures of figures and props at once. I start the Windows Explorer at a certain place. Depending on the operating system, the Mac OS Finder should also be able to start at this point. But I don't know anything about the Mac OS, nor do I have access to a Mac computer.
Can someone help me?
With kind regards

The code for the Windows Explorer in shortened form

import subprocess
import platform


command = 'explorer /select,"{}"'.format(self.__File)
    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
        subprocess.Popen(command)



an0malaus ( ) posted Sat, 25 November 2023 at 7:45 PM

Uh. I encountered this a couple of years ago and found a solution for macOS. I will search and post shortly (I hope).



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an0malaus ( ) posted Sat, 25 November 2023 at 8:01 PM

OK. Found it. I remembered working with Andy (structure) on this prior to his tragic passing.

if sys.platform == "win32":
os.startfile( helpFile )
else:
subprocess.call( [ "open", helpFile ] )

The OS test you have is fine, so that can stay.
The next question becomes "Do you care about blocking?"
I.e. the "open" call will basically just tell macOS Finder to open the file with whatever it normally would.

If you need Poser Python to wait for that app (whichever one opens the file) to quit, then a "-W" parameter after the "open" should work.

It all gets quite a bit harder if you need to test for the file being closed, rather than the app quitting.

Hope this helps. :-D



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Bastep ( ) posted Mon, 27 November 2023 at 6:59 AM
an0malaus posted at 8:01 PM Sat, 25 November 2023 - #4478166

OK. Found it. I remembered working with Andy (structure) on this prior to his tragic passing.

if sys.platform == "win32":
os.startfile( helpFile )
else:
subprocess.call( [ "open", helpFile ] )

The OS test you have is fine, so that can stay.
The next question becomes "Do you care about blocking?"
I.e. the "open" call will basically just tell macOS Finder to open the file with whatever it normally would.

If you need Poser Python to wait for that app (whichever one opens the file) to quit, then a "-W" parameter after the "open" should work.

It all gets quite a bit harder if you need to test for the file being closed, rather than the app quitting.

Hope this helps. :-D

Thanks for the effort. I will integrate this into my Python code and then hope that it works as I imagine.

Greetings and have a nice Monday



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