This is simply a note that the file names will be modified on the existing items, and will not save a copy, and would you like to duplicate the files. Note a dialog box will pop up with a scary yellow note stating you might have an issue. (Be sure to set this to match how you think you will most often be using the service.) Next, go back to the search bar and type “rename finder items” and select this below, as before. Once you select this ‘action,’ drag it over to start building your workflow.
Here we go, pop on the nerd glasses, and let’s get geeky! Enough talk, lets just show an example of the process. In short, Automator for Mac allows non-coders to build scripts or services to take the hassle and need for being a super-nerd back down to the only slightly nerdy folk. The name becomes selected, and you can select the part of the name you want to change, and type that part over, and click off of the file to make the change “take.” Do that 500 times and you will be ready to kill someone, or find a job building log homes… 😉Įnter “Otto” the Automator. If you do, you know this process really sucks! You have to click on the file to select it, then wait a second, click on the name again. So, if you are a Mac user, you probably know how to manually rename files. Read below for more information and a demo workflow project for batch renaming files super fast.
Have you ever saved 50 files, only to find out your customer’s name is spelled wrong? Or, you forgot a vital piece of information, like the date, on your customer files? Perhaps, you need to make a crap load of images web friendly by taking out all of the spaces or capitalization? Well, Automator is how the nerdy people, like me… keep their sanity.
One of the most powerful tools ever created by Apple has to be the Automator.
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