I have created a simple AppleScript that makes a folder named with today’s date. For many years, it has worked fine except:
If I run the script (from a script app in the menu bar), then dump files into the folder, then change the colored “Tag” on the folder, I get a Finder error - An unexpected error occurred (error code -8076) - and I have to force-quit the Finder to complete the color tagging.
If it change the tag before dumping the files, no error occurs. (Please hold the “Doctor, it hurts when I do this …” jokes.)
This error has persisted through many macOS major iterations, including Tahoe 26.4.1. Prolly a Finder bug, but not sure.
Here’s the source, for anyone interested.
set dateStr to getDate()
--display dialog dateStr
tell application "Finder"
activate
try
--set thisFolder to (the target of the front window) as alias
set thisFolder to (the target of the front window) as string
make new folder at thisFolder with properties {name:dateStr as string}
on error errMsg
display dialog "ERROR: " & errMsg
end try
end tell
on getDate()
set theDate to current date
set theYear to year of theDate as string
set theNewYear to third character of theYear & fourth character of theYear
set theMonth to month of theDate as number as string
if length of theMonth = 1 then
set theMonth to "0" & theMonth as string
end if
set theDay to day of theDate as string
if length of theDay = 1 then
set theDay to "0" & theDay as string
end if
return theNewYear & " " & theMonth & " " & theDay as string
end getDate
