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  1. milke

    FileUtils - advanced file operations and utilities integrated into Finder

    Hello everyone, If you use (mostly) Finder for your everyday's file management needs, you may be interested in FileUtils, a FinderSync extension, which adds some menu items to Finder's contextual menu (and dedicated Finder toolbar item menu), performing some operations and tasks Finder doesn't...
    • milke
    • Thread
    • access archive checksum compress extension extract finder permission rename
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  2. S

    iPad Change the file name and folder while downloading a file

    How do I download using a web browser with the iPad so that before saving the file, I could change the file name and the folder it saved to? I could do this with Windows or Macs but there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to do this with the iPad. I could download the file but the file would be...
  3. circatee

    Renaming items

    Am still new to macOS. However, I have noticed, if I have a file that is not selected, and I right click on it, and choose rename, the item is sort of greyed out. I have to click on it, then start to type the rename. If I select the file, and it is blue, as in, selected, then right click and...
  4. tinygoblin

    Rename Windows (Boot Camp) volume in Startup Manager

    This is addressed primarily to owners of 2016+ 13/15-inch MacBook Pro with Boot Camp volume on internal SSD. I'm trying to set Boot Camp volume (located on internal SSD) label displayed in Startup Manager (Option-boot, boot loader) to something different than Windows. The commands I use are...
  5. tinygoblin

    Rename Windows (Boot Camp) volume in Startup Manager

    This is addressed primarily to owners of 2016+ 13/15-inch MacBook Pro with Boot Camp volume on internal SSD. I'm trying to set Boot Camp volume (located on internal SSD) label displayed in Startup Manager (Option-boot, boot loader) to something different than Windows. The commands I use are...
  6. tinygoblin

    Rename Windows (Boot Camp) volume in Startup Manager

    This is addressed primarily to owners of 2016+ 13/15-inch MacBook Pro with Boot Camp volume on internal SSD. I'm trying to set Boot Camp volume (located on internal SSD) label displayed in Startup Manager (Option-boot, boot loader) to something different than Windows. The commands I use are...
  7. imoss92

    Remove "local" from Documents folder?

    Hey everyone - how do I remove the added text "- Local" (see attached screenshot) that's been added after "Documents" in Finder? I've searched the forums and other places and can't find an answer. All of my other folders in Finder don't have this added designation. Thanks! 😁
  8. B

    External Hard Drive Help

    I am in a bit of a unique situation involving my mac, an external hard drive, and a samsung TV. My issue it this: I use an external harddrive to watch all of the various media (mostly anime and horror movies) on my samsung TV. I was using a 1TB drive, but it was getting full and I needed to...
  9. chinchillas

    Batch rename files missing in Actions menu?

    I need to rename many files like it suggests in this article, but this function is missing from my Action button. How can I add it?
  10. cezar.popescu.89

    ImageSize - Batch Resize and Convert Photos

    Hello everybody, My name is Cezar Popescu and I am the CEO of 64BitApps, a software company that develops Mac apps. For more info please visit www.64bitapps.com I am starting this thread as a developer on behalf of my company because I want to let you know about our Mac app called ImageSize...
  11. H

    macOS Rename .pdf files from .csv reference list

    Hi, I have proven to myself again that I am not a programmer. I have found numerous posts with similar questions but I can’t seem to wrap my head around it all to make anything fit for my needs. Thank you in advance! I am trying to rename groups of PDFs from a .csv file. Working on a MacBook...
  12. yellow8

    PDFZone 2 - rename your PDF files automatically - based on content from predefined zones

    I'm proud to introduce PDFZone 2, a productivity macOS app that allows you to: Automatically rename your PDF files based on their content Automatically extract your PDF files content to useful data (CSV file) Give PDFZone multiple PDFs of the same type, and it will smartly rename them, or...
    • yellow8
    • Thread
    • area csv dark mode extract mojave pdf pdfzone productivity rename zone
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  13. R

    Renaming Finder Items Using Find & Replace?

    Hi I need a quick solution to a problem. We have over 15000 images that need renaming. Is there a simple way to find text in a file name (from a cvs file) and replace text in a file name (again from a csv file)?? Eg. File Name - AA021 asphalt/fuchsia FRONT.jpg We have a CSV of full names...
    • Rich_Gr@y
    • Thread
    • applescript finder rename script terminal
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  14. zancine

    macOS Question on batch renaming

    Hi there, I have quite many images files need to be named following a pattern, and the pattern goes like: Section_1_1_NAME.jpg Section_1_2_NAME.jpg Section_1_3_NAME.jpg Section_1_4_NAME.jpg Section_1_5_NAME.jpg Section_2_1_NAME.jpg Section_2_2_NAME.jpg Section_2_3_NAME.jpg...
  15. ZapNZs

    When do you think the "MacBook Pro" will be outright replaced?

    Periodically, product lines are discontinued and replaced with a new line for a wide range of reasons (e.g., change in processing architecture, new OS that is so different that using the computer is a completely new experience, radical new hardware redesign/feature implementation, responding to...
    • ZapNZs
    • Thread
    • macbook pro refresh refreshed rename replaced replacement updated
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  16. Y

    macOS Remove delimiter section from filename with Automator

    I'm creating an automator script that copies files from one folder to another and then runs an AppleScript to rename the file by splitting via delimiter and resaving with the second item. For example, using file names of: a new file$SG789.jpg file_2$123-456.jpg file_name$LG123.jpg...
  17. urbanforces

    file name box in preview and other mac apps

    hi, in some mac apps you can click the name of an open file and change the name to whatever text you want. i thought this was a handy way of changing the name of a file while it is still open. but when i rename files, their name doesn't change. am i doing something wrong? or is this a...
    • urbanforces
    • Thread
    • file mac preview rename
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  18. S

    Stolen iPhone renamed

    Hello, I have a question about stolen iPhone renaming. My dad's iPhone was recently stolen. When I log on to his iCloud account, the phone is showing as offline, and it shows that the iPhone's name had changed. It used to be called "iPhone" and now it's called "T". I am wondering how the...
    • szaynoun
    • Thread
    • ios 10 iphone 6 rename stolen
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iPhone
  19. W

    Multiple rename using Automator

    Hi ! I'm trying to use Automator to rename multiple files. It's works well on the most of files, but it rename only 1 in the case of certains file. For instance, I have 10 .mkv files from serie's season with long names, and the Automator script do not work... :-( What can I do ?
  20. J

    HELP needed: Rename option disappeared in Finder right click menu

    HELP needed: Rename option disappeared in Finder right click menu. When I choose one file & right click, I no longer see the option "Rename" in Yosemite 10.10.5 AFAIK this was working fine up till some time ago. Yep I tried booting in Safe mode, & yes getting the Finder to rename using the...
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