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How To Get Finder Home Folder Path

By Matt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
    2024-11-15 18:08:34.258Z

    Is there a programmatic way to get the home folder path?

    I'm using sf.app.proTools.importSessionData and one of its arguments trackDataPresetPath requires the full path to a pro tools track import data preset, ie:

    "/Users/mymac/Documents/Pro Tools/Pro Tools Presets/Track Data to Import/My Setting.ptpreset

    This works great on my 1 computer, but obv. won't on my others which have different home folder names.

    Is there a way to get the path to the home folder of the current system?

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      Matt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
        2024-11-15 18:16:23.929Z

        I tried using this and it seems to work!

        sf.appleScript.finder.home.path.toString()
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          Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-11-15 18:33:50.951Z2024-11-15 19:06:54.924Z

          Hi @Matt_Friedman,

          Try this...

          "~/Documents/Pro Tools/Pro Tools Presets/Track Data to Import/My Setting.ptpreset"

          Let me know if that works for you. :-)

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          1. MMatt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
              2024-11-15 19:05:29.202Z

              I did try the tilde initially but it didn’t work. Maybe that’s a terminal thing??

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              1. Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-11-15 19:10:20.897Z

                Hi @Matt_Friedman,

                I just noticed that I missed the closing quotation mark...

                The tilde should work.

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                  Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-11-15 19:12:40.531Z

                  Example...

                  sf.file.open({ path: "~/Documents/" });
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                  1. MMatt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
                      2024-11-15 19:20:49.434Z

                      I think the problem is that the path is used by the pro tools SDK and I think that’s what’s rejecting the tilde.

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                      1. Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-11-15 19:56:34.799Z

                        Ahh, I see... Thanks for clarifying... Out of interest, what was the piece of code you were passing the path into? I assume it was the sf.app.proTools.importSessionData method?

                        Thanks in advance.

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                        1. MMatt Friedman @Matt_Friedman
                            2024-11-15 20:02:23.118Z
                            const homePath = sf.appleScript.finder.home.path.toString();

function importSession(importFile) {
    sf.app.proTools.importSessionData({
        audioHandleSize: 1000,
        adjustSessionStartTimeToMatchSource: false,
        audioMediaOptions: "LinkToSourceAudio",
        importClipGain: true,
        importClipsAndMedia: true,
        importVolumeAutomation: false,
        playlistOptions: "ImportReplaceExistingPlaylists",
        sessionPath: importFile,
        timecodeMappingStartTime: "00:00:00:00",
        timecodeMappingUnits: "MaintainAbsoluteTimeCodeValues",
        trackDataPresetPath: homePath + "Documents/Pro Tools/Pro Tools Presets/Track Data to Import/Audio Only.ptpreset",
        trackMatchOptions: "MatchTracks",
        videoMediaOptions: "LinkToSourceVideo",
    })
}
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                            1. Kitch Membery @Kitch2024-11-15 20:08:52.478Z

                              Perfect! Thanks. :-)

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