Comments on: Cheating at Leopard: Make Stacks work the way you thought it would

By: jessica meldon

jessica meldon — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:02:07 +0000

I accidentally moved my stacks into the trash bin and now they are gone:( how do i get them back??

By: VeryVito

VeryVito — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:41:14 +0000

Sure, Mike. By popular request, we made a couple of changes to the app, and I hope we've made it better for everybody. Follow this link for a new, updated version that does the heavy lifting for you!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:29:01 +0000

First of all, let me thank you for this great app!!
The point is that I’ve used to write Java code in Netbeans under Windows and more or less (I’m a telecom student) I’m able to compile ready-to-use app, but I’m lost here! I would like the app to make alias of the original files but I don’t know how to compile the new code. If you can help it would be great,
thanks!!

By: VeryVito

VeryVito — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:52:38 +0000

Sure, Trassalg! The necessary changes occur around lines 76 and 77 of the script above. In Applescript, the double-dash (“- -”) indicates a comment line. By commenting out the “move file” line and removing the two hyphens from the “make alias” line above, you should get the desired results. Hope this helps!

By: Trassalg

Trassalg — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:58:38 +0000

For those of us who aren’t AppleScript saavy, how would we go about making this alias feature the default rather than moving the actual file? I’ve looked at your AppleScript but can’t seem to figure it out.
Thanks, and great app!

By: VeryVito

VeryVito — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:30:32 +0000

Hi Matt,
Actually, it’s extremely possible — in fact, that’s the way I had it set up to begin (if you download and compile the source itself, you’ll notice the code is still there to do just that). The next version (coming soon, but it’ll have to wait until I’m off deadline with another project) will feature a choice between the two options. Thanks for the comment!

By: Matt Jones

Matt Jones — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:48:07 +0000

Great little app! Would it be at all possible to make them aliases instead of actually moving the files? I hate that stacks makes you move the actual document. I would rather keep multiple files from different folders, in the same stack without changing their location on the disk.

By: p0ppy

p0ppy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:03:49 +0000

Thanks Vito! This is great!