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Batch Rename
Function: Renames the selected files (or files in the selected folders) based on the user-set preferences.
Author: Automator World
Notes: It works best as a Contextual Menu Plug-in; copy into ~/Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder/. It also works well as an Application for drag-and-drop use.
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please god help me, i have 500 files in 20 different folders. the folders are all labelled individually but the 500 files have a single name and a sequential number between 1 and 500. i need to rename all 500 files their repective groups and in sequntial order. (so every folder has “folderA01 , folderA02……” and the next folder will have “folderB01 , folderB02 ….” i could replace the text but each file is currently labelled “example01 , example02 all the way thru to example_500″ so i cant just ‘replace text’ as there are the numbers 1 - 500 to contend with. why the heck is automator so useless? HELP!
Comment by becky maynes — April 27, 2007 @ 10:10 am
I’m pretty sure there’s a bug that prevents renaming files that are on external drives. Try it, plug in an external drive.
Find Finder Items (select a folder on the external drive) Rename Finder Items (whatever)
Then run it. I constantly get the error. ‘Finder couldn’t get the properties on the alias’ or something, yet no alias exists.
If I copy the same folder to my main HD the scripts runs perfectly. Not a permissions issue either.
Comment by mark — February 2, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
When I try to do it I get this error:
Finder got an error: Can’t get properties of alias
Comment by Robert Perry — January 21, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
Does anyone know how to do the next task in the workflow.
I get 5 different report files daily, from 5 companies. The important thing is, all files have different names and different extensions. Let’s say name1.aaa, 2name.bbb, na3me.ccc …and so on. Is it possible to rename just the first part to something i write in, and leave the extension as is? So, let’s say i’d selected the 5 files, ran the workflow, and the window would pop up, asking me for the first part of the name, the files will have (without the extension). I would then write “foo”, and the files would then be renamed to: foo.aaa, foo.bbb, foo.ccc …and so on.
Is it possible to do that?
Comment by Ales — December 21, 2006 @ 8:16 am
I cant find many automator actions for ical, in particular adding templates to the notes section. Ideas where to look?
Comment by Mark Cooke — June 11, 2006 @ 12:58 pm