MacOS – I set the startup disk to Macintosh HD. But after opening it, the name becomes “/”

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Using the System Preference -> Startup Disk I set my startup disk to Macintosh HD. When I open it the name at the top of its window is "/". When I open the startup disk using Applescript it opens Macintosh HD, but the name of it becomes "/". Is this normal behavior? My actual applescript code is this.

  tell application "Finder" to open startup disk    
  tell application "Finder" to get the index of Finder window "Macintosh HD"

But the 2nd line produces the error message

error "Finder got an error: Can’t get Finder window "Macintosh HD"." number -1728 from Finder
window "Macintosh HD"

if I replace 2nd line with:

tell application "Finder" to get the index of Finder window "/"

It gives me the expected answer of 1.

The image below shows the window Macintosh HD. Notice the name at the top of the window and the name at the bottom of the window. Can someone tell me if this is normal or do i have a problem?

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The Finder normally uses the folder name in its window titles, but a preference can be set to show the POSIX path. From the Terminal, the following command will set the preference, where true will show POSIX paths, and false will just use the name - in earlier systems the Finder may need to be restarted for it to take effect (the killall part):

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool false; killall Finder

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It a simple problem to solve.

You are first asking for the names of every item.

set filelist to name of every item in folder (path to desktop)

Which returns a list of the names. As text items.

Then you want to do your search. But in your code you are asking for the name of the text item.

Thats why you are getting the error. The text item does not have a name.

Change the line:

if {filelist's item i}'s name begins with "Work" then set endlist's end to filelist's item i

if filelist's item i begins with "Work" then set endlist's end to filelist's item i

UPDATE: In response to your comment.

You can create a list of the names of the items found on the desktop whose name begins with for example "Work"

Doing it this way may be better.

Here you ask for a list containing the names of any item found whose name (returned as a text item text) begins with ..

tell application "Finder"

    set filelist to name of every item in folder (path to desktop) whose name begins with "Work"
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run script also accepts a "POSIX path", you don't need the explicit run handler:

run script "/Users/username/Scripts and Automator/mountdrive.scpt"

You could also add a Run Shell Script action where the content is osascript ~/Documents/Scripts\ and\ Automator/mountdrive.scpt.

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