WELCOME IN THE FINDER UTILITY
Those of you who are involved with mac os x may have observed that apple is giving some scripts that automate functions in the finder, and many of these functions are similar to the finder utilitys functions... But if you try to use them you will notice that they perform actions in the fron window of the finder only, leaving anything out of the main windows radius intact. So I created this little program

Finder Utility allows you to quickly change the names of multiple files or delete them without any delay by dragging the desired files onto the application...
Lets suppose you have 320 documents into a folder and all of them have that annoying copy word into them. You want to erase that word in all files. That would take months but now wilth finder utility you can change it in a few secs!

What you can do:
-You can trim multiple file or folder names to their beginning end letters, or both
-You can add letters to the beginning, end, or at both beginning and end of multiple files
-You can replace any characters into a list of files
-You can rename files and folders by adding numbers as suffixes or even rename them just as iTunes does it!
-Delete multiple files that contain a specified text
-And much more...

You can convert up to thousands of files at once. I have tried to convert up to 5000 files and I have encountered no problems

NOTE ABOUT COMPATIBILITY AND DELAY
The finder utility will work with any version of applescript for mac os x. I havent tested it in other systems (such as classic) and you probably shouldnt do either!
Also, when working with MANY files, the program may delay a bit... I will try to improve the performance of the program, but even now it is really fast! You probably wont experience any performance problems. Dont try the program in OS 9 or earlier... It wont work

HOW IT WORKS:
The finder utility works as a both a double-click application and a droplet. You open the program by double-clicking it. A list appears with available functions. You choose the function and the program quits. You drag the desired files onto it and... voila! The application opens as a droplet and will make the desired changes into the list of the desired files (the files dragged onto the applet) depending on the function you have chosen when you double-clicked the program.

There are also some set functions in the calculator that automate some tasks for you, such as the conversion from PC to Mac files and vise-versa. Check the finder utility special functions.

Make sure that during conversion you dont make anything else! Although the finder utility for os x is far more protected from unexpected behaviours than its predecessor for os 9, I am not sure if anything happens if you press anything during conversion.

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
There is list of preset functions in the calculator (in version 2.0 all previews bugs in special functions have been cleared).
Those special functions skip the dialogs and automate functions. For example, in order to convert files from PC to Mac Classic format, you should do these things:

-Trim the extension endings
-Convert the letters into their lower case (optional)
-Replace the underscores (_) with   characters (when importing from DOS system or ISO-9660 CD)

That means that without this special function you should open the Utility 3 times to do all this stuff, set the suitable function and the dragging the files onto the application, and then setting the letters to be replaced and..... anyway, you know what I mean.
So, the special functions automate all these tasks. All you have to do is to select them, and the next time the program opens, they will activate and you wont have to do a single thing!

NOTE: In the trim * characters from start/end/both functions when you select them, they will ask you in advance the number of characters you wish to trim. So, the next time you drag the files onto the application, it will start automatically to trim them without asking you a second time.

THE FUNCTIONS EXPLAINED
-Trim file names
Select this and close the program. Drag the desired files onto the application. Then enter the desired characters you want to remove and select the area of the file name you want it remove from (start, end, both)
-Trim by position
Similar to trim file names only that now you enter the number of characters you want to trim from the start, end of the file name, or from both
-Add to file names
Select this and close the program. Drag the desired files onto the application. Give a text string and select where to add the given text
-Replace chars in items
Select this and close the program. Drag the desired files onto the application. Enter a text string and then a replacement string. The application will find the text string into every file and replace it with the replacement string
-Change case of items
Select this and close the program. Drag the desired files onto the application. Select the desired case, upper or lower. The application will replace all characters to their upper or lower case equivalents
-Machine test
Displays version info about system files

-PC to Mac files
Select this and close the program. Drag the desired files onto the application. This will convert all file names to their DOS equivalents. Useful for converting mac os 9 files to pc format
-Mac to PC files
Select this and close the program. Drag the desired files onto the application. This will convert pc file names to mac format
-Trim * start characters
This is similar to the trim by position function but in here you deside in advance how many characters you want to trim and when the application opens as a droplet, it makes changes to file names instantly
-Trim * End characters
This is similar to the trim by position function but in here you deside in advance how many characters you want to trim and when the application opens as a droplet, it makes changes to file names instantly
-Trim * characters from both
This is similar to the trim by position function but in here you deside in advance how many characters you want to trim and when the application opens as a droplet, it makes changes to file names instantly
-Add numbers to file names
Use it to add numbers at the start of the files you wish. Just select this and drag the desired files onto the application. Select the kind of number adding that will occcur. There is a special function here that will add numbers to file names according to iTunes method of numbering songs.
-iTunes renamer
This will remove numbers from songs that have been numbered by iTunes. Very useful.
-Delete files with properties
This will delete files that start, end or contain the specified text. Very useful. If you think the program is wrong, just drag out the false-deleted files from the trash...

HISTORY
FInder utility was originally a program written for os 9. Simple an quick, it automated many actions that would take days to perform manually. Passing to OS X, finder utility became useless, because all commands in applescript language were not the same. So I rewrote the entire script. And Im glad I did because with mac os x apple has expanded the capabilities of the applescript language and finder utility has become better than ever.

So, place Finder Utility in the dock (yes it works with the dock too, as all applets do :-) ), and enjoy using it!

Current Application Status
Version: 2.3
Sub-Routines used: Trim_text, Replace_chars, Change_case_of, Set_item_name, gestaltVersion_info, NumToHex
Sub-Routines included with application: Yes
Internal Preferences: No