I like my Linksys with DDWRT on top. I've had one catastrophicish failure, but a full reset solved it. Was a pain, though.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
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§ ita § - Oct 26, 2009 1:37:28 pm PDT #11519 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Atropa - Oct 27, 2009 10:18:58 am PDT #11520 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to do a bulk rename of files in a folder on a Mac? Pete is going crazy trying to figure this out.
amych - Oct 27, 2009 10:21:44 am PDT #11521 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Automator has a Rename Items thingie that's fairly good.
le nubian - Oct 27, 2009 10:24:14 am PDT #11522 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jilli,
automator is an option, you also might try Hazel (you can use the free trial to do what you need to do). Hazel rocks the house.
Atropa - Oct 27, 2009 10:25:37 am PDT #11523 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Automator has a Rename Items thingie that's fairly good.
Apparently it's not so great for bulk renaming. Or at least, that's what his experience has been so far.
Tom Scola - Oct 27, 2009 10:27:36 am PDT #11524 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's one of the weaknesses in Mac OS X. There are 3rd party programs available to do batch renames, notably Name Mangler and A Better Finder Rename.
If it's a one-off thing, let me know what you want done, and I can write a script for you pretty quickly.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Oct 27, 2009 11:07:16 am PDT #11525 of 25501
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Tom, what I need is to select all the items in a folder and add the name of the folder to the file names as a prefix.
If that's doable, great! If not, I'll try out one of the programs. Gotta say, Name Mangler is not an enticing name.
le nubian - Oct 27, 2009 11:13:14 am PDT #11526 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
try Hazel. I think you'll like it.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Oct 27, 2009 11:20:12 am PDT #11527 of 25501
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Thanks. I've got a couple of hours before I'm ready to name the files, but I may check it then.
As for Automator, I tried to do it but ridiculously it would only allow me to select one file to change at a time so it was actually slower than manual renaming. I probably was using it wrong, but it certainly didn't give me any clues on how to use it right.
Tom Scola - Oct 27, 2009 11:21:07 am PDT #11528 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Pete, I'll be home around 7:30pm ET. Can I call you then?