minimalmac: stevenf: Automator is unbelievably useful for “smart” batch renaming of files. I’ve used it for all kinds of things, like renaming a few thousand .JPEG files into .jpg files in a matter of seconds. The workflow shown above solved a problem where I had two folders full of photos named in the IMG_0001 style that were all unique pictures, but with countless filename collisions. I wanted them to all go into a single folder peacefully. The workflow takes all the files selected in the Finder and prepends the creation date of the file to the name. Worked like a champ. Automator is a deep and underrated application and it comes on every Mac. I don’t mention it enough because I don’t use it enough. It certainly deserves it, because it is another one of those apps to think about when you find yourself in need of a way to script repetitive or batch tasks. This is a fantastic example of that.

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stevenf:

Automator is unbelievably useful for “smart” batch renaming of files. I’ve used it for all kinds of things, like renaming a few thousand .JPEG files into .jpg files in a matter of seconds.

The workflow shown above solved a problem where I had two folders full of photos named in the IMG_0001 style that were all unique pictures, but with countless filename collisions. I wanted them to all go into a single folder peacefully. The workflow takes all the files selected in the Finder and prepends the creation date of the file to the name. Worked like a champ.

Automator is a deep and underrated application and it comes on every Mac. I don’t mention it enough because I don’t use it enough. It certainly deserves it, because it is another one of those apps to think about when you find yourself in need of a way to script repetitive or batch tasks. This is a fantastic example of that.

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    I use Automator to batch rename files all the time. I love this app. :)
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    I really need to do more research on Automator because I am sure I am over complicating things on my Macs to be honest.
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    deep and underrated application and it comes on every Mac....don’t mention it enough...
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