You could remove the “ACTXX” characters very easily by defining the number of characters to be removed (5) and the index to start removing at (8- the 8th character from the beginning, starting at 1). This also means you can just drag a Folder into NM to rename the contents. The list of files pops up, and you can select filters (Folders, Folder Contents, Files) to dictate what gets renamed. To rename files, drag them into the left-hand window pane. While Automator has a wealth of other actions that you might find useful, Name Mangler does one thing and does it well. Name Mangler picks up where Automator falls short. If you want to drag a folder into Automator and have it work on the folder’s contents, use “ Get Folder Contents.”)Īutomator is included with OS X and is located in the Applications directory by default. (Note: with “ Get Specified Finder Items“, Automator will not distinguish between directories and files when running. – Drag the Finder items to be renamed into the proper Window. – Choose which action you want and adjust the parameters of the action to suit your needs. You can change the base name (file name without extension), full name (file name with extension), or extension only. Name Single Item– I don’t know why you wouldn’t just change the name of the file in Finder without launching Automator, but for completeness the feature is included. What if I wanted to remove the last 3 characters from a file name and replace it with “xyz”? Not in Automator. You can only replace a specific string, meaning the file name has to contain what you want to replace in order for Automator to do anything. Replace Text– This is where I think Automator really falls short. Make Sequential– You can only add a sequence at the beginning or end of a file name. You can’t, for example, change moscow.jpg to Moscow.jpg. Text– You can only add text at the beginning or end of the file name.Ĭhange Case– You can only change the entire file name or extension at once. The stamp can only be added at the beginning or end of the file name. The options are fairly self-explanatory, but there are some limitations.ĭate/Time– you can only add a date or a time stamp, but not both. With Automator you can change the file name in the following ways:
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