How to drag folders from Finder into Final Cut without mouse [automator/applescript]

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Hello guys I'm trying to create a Service to do some repetitive tasks that I have to perform every day. Most of the things I figured out how to automate, but there is one move that seems to be impossible: dragging two folders into a Final Cut Pro 7 project.

I tried using Applescript to tell Final Cut the menu commands File/Import/Folder… But apparently the program is not scriptable. Furthermore the parent folder always change, so I can't hardcode the location, although I can tell the current path to the script using automator.

I can't upgrade to Final Cut X for professional reasons, so that's not an option.

Any insight would be appreciated, even to say "You can't do that".

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I think you should try keyboard shortcuts through which you can drag folders from Finder into Final Cut without mouse https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12724?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

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I don't have any version of Final Cut, but from the MacScripter search results it appears like at least the older versions weren't scriptable. Anyway, have you looked at its AppleScript dictionary (by e.g. dropping its icon on AppleScript Editor)?

Would it be possible to just copy a template file instead of creating a new project? If so, if you saved a script like this as /usr/bin/fcpp and ran chmod +x /usr/bin/fcpp, you could create a new project with fcpp Project name.

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cp -r ~/Documents/Test.fcpx ~/"Projects/$*/$*.fcpx"
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