[PowerPc = Pwnage]

Hi,

In Windows, (please don't hate me, its not my computer), you can select many files and folders like in mac, but in windows you can rename multiple items at once. Example:

I have 37 Pictures of Cars, I select them all, I rename the first one Cars, the other 36 pictures get renamed like this: Cars (1), Cars (2), Cars (3), etc. Is there something like this in OS X with the same principle?

[TETENAL]

It's easy to do this with the Automator. See:

Apple - Mac OS X - Theater - Automator

If you do this often, you can make it a Finder plug-in so that you don't have to open Automator every time. The following website discusses how to do all of this:

Automator - Examples

[Tsilou B.]

Originally Posted by PowerPc = Pwnage 

Hi,

In Windows, (please don't hate me, its not my computer), you can select many files and folders like in mac, but in windows you can rename multiple items at once. Example:

I have 37 Pictures of Cars, I select them all, I rename the first one Cars, the other 36 pictures get renamed like this: Cars (1), Cars (2), Cars (3), etc. Is there something like this in OS X with the same principle?

If you have to rename files often, you should look at:

http://publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/

It's not free, however.

[Peter]

$20 ?! ridiculous.

[SS3 GokouX]

R-Name, free and incredibly useful.

[sebrady]

I use an applescript I wrote. I take my digital camera files (DSC0001.jpg...DSC0002.jpg) and name them summer pool 01, summer pool 02, summer pool 03, christmas 01, christmas 02 etc. I also have another script that can add the year to the front of the file name. ie zoo_01.jpg becomes 2006 zoo_01.jpg.

I love applescript. automator is cool too.