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macOS Rename Finder items using Spotlight Comments Metadata
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Try this
The script works with files not with an alias. The thingy with the little black arrow on it. I included a tumbnail how it looks like. The script runs slow. I have not tested it with a lot of files. The automator action runs faster. All your spotlight comments need to be unique. I you have put in a comment like Tahiti for all your holiday pictures from your last trip to Tahiti it won't work.
Automator :
Get Specified Finder Items --> A folder not files
Get Folder Contents
Run Applescript with this code inside it :
The script works with files not with an alias. The thingy with the little black arrow on it. I included a tumbnail how it looks like. The script runs slow. I have not tested it with a lot of files. The automator action runs faster. All your spotlight comments need to be unique. I you have put in a comment like Tahiti for all your holiday pictures from your last trip to Tahiti it won't work.
Code:
set this_folder to (choose folder with prompt "Pick the folder containing the files to process:") as string
tell application "System Events"
set these_files to every file of folder this_folder
end tell
repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_files
set this_file to (item i of these_files as alias)
set this_info to info for this_file
if visible of this_info is true and alias of this_info is false then
-- insert actions here for: this_file
tell application "Finder"
get properties of this_file
set file_name to name of this_file
set file_name_extension to name extension of this_file
try
set file_comment to comment of this_file
if file_comment is not "" then
set name of this_file to file_comment & "." & file_name_extension
end if
on error errMsg number errNum
display dialog errMsg & " " & errNum giving up after 5
end try
end tell
end if
end repeatAutomator :
Get Specified Finder Items --> A folder not files
Get Folder Contents
Run Applescript with this code inside it :
Code:
on run {input, parameters}
(* Your script goes here *)
repeat with i from 1 to the count of input
set this_file to (item i of input as alias)
set this_info to info for this_file
if visible of this_info is true and alias of this_info is false then
-- insert actions here for: this_file
tell application "Finder"
get properties of this_file
set file_name to name of this_file
set file_name_extension to name extension of this_file
try
set file_comment to comment of this_file
if file_comment is not "" then
set name of this_file to file_comment & "." & file_name_extension
end if
on error errMsg number errNum
display dialog errMsg & " " & errNum giving up after 5
end try
end tell
end if
end repeat
-- return input
end runAttachments
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Thanks so much for your help.
How can I use the script you provided to create an automator service to allow me to right-click directly on the files I'd like to rename (not a folder containing the files), and then choose the option to "rename selected files using spotlight comment?
Thanks!
How can I use the script you provided to create an automator service to allow me to right-click directly on the files I'd like to rename (not a folder containing the files), and then choose the option to "rename selected files using spotlight comment?
Thanks!
Adding the comment to the name
This modified code puts the comment after the original name with an _
This modified code puts the comment after the original name with an _
Code:
on run {input, parameters}
(* Your script goes here *)
repeat with i from 1 to the count of input
set this_file to (item i of input as alias)
set this_info to info for this_file
if visible of this_info is true and alias of this_info is false then
-- insert actions here for: this_file
tell application "Finder"
get properties of this_file
set file_name to name of this_file
set file_name_extension to name extension of this_file
set file_length to (count of file_name) - (count of file_name_extension) - 1
set file_body to text 1 thru file_length of file_name
try
set file_comment to comment of this_file
if file_comment is not "" then
set name of this_file to file_body & "_" & file_comment & "." & file_name_extension
end if
on error errMsg number errNum
display dialog errMsg & " " & errNum giving up after 5
end try
end tell
end if
end repeat
-- return input
end run