Converting upper case file names to lower case.

Go to Terminal:

cd /path/to/files

for FILE in `ls -A1 *.MP3`; do FILENAME=`echo ${FILE} | sed 's/ /\\ /g'`; echo mv ${FILENAME} `echo ${FILENAME} | tr [A-Z] [a-z]`; done

That will output the commands to rename the files. If it looks correct, simply change "echo mv" to "mv".

Note this is untested and off the top of my head.

If you want a GUI approach, get Name Mangler.

angelwatt said:

If you want a GUI approach, get Name Mangler.

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Embrace the terminal, I say!

I use the Automater Rename Finder Items command all the time to make batch changes like this. There is a command you can use called Change Case that will do exactly what you are trying to do. Just to be safe you can set up Automater to make a backup copy of the files prior to making the change in case something goes wrong. If you would prefer you can just make your own back up copy of the files.

djsound said:

I got so happy because Name Mangler looks perfect.....until I realized it doesnt work with os/x 10.4.1 =( which I have.........and there is no way I'd attempt Terminal hehe.......grrrrrrrrrrr

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http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler/ click in the box that says for older systems try file list.

You should take a look at Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes. There's one script for changing to sentence case, which is close to what you want. The scripts are somewhat old so no guarantee they work with the current iTunes, but worth a shot.

Any way to get the artists to be all caps also, I used automator to change the tracks titles to all caps in the ID3 tag but nothing lets me change the artist also. I can change the filename with no issue but I really want to change the mp3 tag to be all caps. Thx guys for any info you have

belvdr said:

Go to Terminal:

cd /path/to/files

for FILE in `ls -A1 *.MP3`; do FILENAME=`echo ${FILE} | sed 's/ /\\ /g'`; echo mv ${FILENAME} `echo ${FILENAME} | tr [A-Z] [a-z]`; done

That will output the commands to rename the files. If it looks correct, simply change "echo mv" to "mv".

Note this is untested and off the top of my head.

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What if the filenames have spaces?