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Mac OSX’s Automator utility can be applied to the task of converting UniQuest
files from the PC version relatively easily. You will need:
•Mac OSX Tiger (which includes Automator)
•The Change File Type and Creator Action from
www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/changefiletypeandcrea-
tor.html.
If this URL has been changed, you should search for ‘Change File Type and
Creator’ on the www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/ web page to
access the download.
•The following workflow files downloadable from http://www.psicraft.com/
Files/AkaiPro/Automator%20Actions.zip
The first step is to install the ‘Change File Type and Creator’ Action into Automa-
tor. Actions are like audio plug-ins: They extend Automator do do specific tasks.
Next, extract the ‘Automator Actions.zip’ download to your desktop. Inside the
archive are four Workflow files: Set PC Collection, Set PC Preset and Bank, Set
PC Set and Set PC Library. When each file is opened with Automator, you will be
ready to convert the appropriate data file so that the file Type and Creator attributes
are set correctly.
Since Presets and Banks are the most common data type produced by UniQuest for
EWI 4000s, here is an illustrated example of the procedure:
On opening the ‘Set PC Preset and Bank’ Workflow file, you will see the above dia-
log open. Simply click on the ‘Run’ button to start the Workflow.
Never click the ‘Select file’ button in the ‘Change File Type and Creator’ action:
This will only change the workflow so that it no longer sets the correct type and cre-
ator attributes.
Once the Run button has been pressed, Automator will execute the first action in the
workflow, which is ‘Ask for Finder Items’. This will launch a file selection dialog
that will open to the default folder where Preset and Bank data files are stored by
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