diff --git a/docs/mac/M5build.applescript b/docs/mac/M5build.applescript
index 8b951bc547..0bd0592106 100644
--- a/docs/mac/M5build.applescript
+++ b/docs/mac/M5build.applescript
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ on BuildProjects(inLogFileRef, inFolder, inTarget, inRebuild)
 		write gSeparator to inLogFileRef
 	end if
 	
-	tell application "Finder" to set theSubFolders to every folder of inFolder
+	tell application "Finder" to set theSubFolders to every folder of inFolder whose name does not end with " Data"
 	repeat with theFolder in theSubFolders
 		BuildProjects(inLogFileRef, theFolder, inTarget, inRebuild)
 	end repeat
diff --git a/docs/mac/M5mcp2xml.applescript b/docs/mac/M5mcp2xml.applescript
index 6902cfb383..9a7179c4f5 100644
--- a/docs/mac/M5mcp2xml.applescript
+++ b/docs/mac/M5mcp2xml.applescript
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ tell me to display dialog "Exported " & theProjectSuccessCount & " projects out
 on ExportProjects(inFolder)
 	global theProjectCount, theProjectSuccessCount
 	
+	tell application "Finder" to update inFolder
+	
 	try
 		tell application "Finder" to set theProject to ((the first file of inFolder whose name ends with gProjectSuffix) as string)
 	on error
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ on ExportProjects(inFolder)
 		end tell
 	end if
 	
-	tell application "Finder" to set theSubFolders to every folder of inFolder
+	tell application "Finder" to set theSubFolders to every folder of inFolder whose name does not end with " Data"
 	repeat with theFolder in theSubFolders
 		ExportProjects(theFolder)
 	end repeat
diff --git a/docs/mac/M5xml2mcp.applescript b/docs/mac/M5xml2mcp.applescript
index 9d993d6e74..d1eb0e3a1f 100644
--- a/docs/mac/M5xml2mcp.applescript
+++ b/docs/mac/M5xml2mcp.applescript
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ tell me to display dialog "Imported " & theXmlSuccessCount & " xml files out of
 on ImportProjects(inFolder)
 	global theXmlCount, theXmlSuccessCount
 	
+	tell application "Finder" to update inFolder
+	
 	try
 		tell application "Finder" to set theXml to ((the first file of inFolder whose name ends with gXmlSuffix) as string)
 	on error
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ on ImportProjects(inFolder)
 		end tell
 	end if
 	
-	tell application "Finder" to set theSubFolders to every folder of inFolder
+	tell application "Finder" to set theSubFolders to every folder of inFolder whose name does not end with " Data"
 	repeat with theFolder in theSubFolders
 		ImportProjects(theFolder)
 	end repeat