How to get rid of warning when changing file extension

[rickb]

Anyone know? I've looked but havent seen anything, its getting annoying.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I don't think the warning in Finder can be disabled. However, if you frequently do mass extension renaming, Automator can handle this task easily, without generating warnings for each file.

 

[Cromulent]

Use the Terminal its quicker and easier anyway.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Use the Terminal its quicker and easier anyway.

For those that don't know how to use the Terminal to rename files:

The command you need is called mv. Here's how it's used:

mv source-path destination-path

The Terminal is nice, and lets you drag and drop files and directories on it to copy their location to the prompt. I highly recommend doing this. For example:

• Open Terminal
• Type "mv " (make sure you include the space after the command)
• Drag and drop the source file or directory onto the Terminal window
• Type a space
• If renaming a file, drop the file again, and edit the dropped text to what you want
• Press Return to execute the command

 

[beginner0]

If you want even faster you can use 'rename' command:
>rename from to targetfiles

For example:
>rename .html .txt *.html

this will rename all your html files into txt files in the current directory.

 

[mduser63]

FYI, in Leopard you'll be able to disable the warning. Can't remember where I read/saw that as it was a while back, but I was pleased to see it.

 

[apfhex]

• Open Terminal
• Type "mv " (make sure you include the space after the command)
• Drag and drop the source file or directory onto the Terminal window
• Type a space
• If renaming a file, drop the file again, and edit the dropped text to what you want
• Press Return to execute the command

I hardly see how that's faster or easier than just doing it through the Finder. Honestly that would take twice as long.

But I also read Leopard will let you disable the warning — a welcome feature.