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renaming multiple files - Mac unlike PC?

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Jackiesh

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Aug 27, 2010
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I am trying to rename a whole bunch of photo files all at once. On a PC, all I do is highlight all files (using shift key, as in Mac), then right click and select "rename" (don't seem to have this option in Mac).
After selecting "rename" the name of every file is then highlighted and once i change the name of the first file (say "Vacation_2010") then the entire file automatically changes name to "Vacation_2010_(1); Vacation_2010_(2).... and so on. It takes about 20 seconds and I can rename all my files.
HOw do i get the same result using my new MacBook?
 
Well, there's usually something available to do things the OS won't do, or do things it does, but in an easier way, like those noted above. The main thing is that you have to learn what it can do, how to do it, and what you need to add to do things you want to do but can't. It just takes patience.

My frustration this week with Windows has been that I can't "label" things in Windows Explorer like I can in Finder. The only way I've found to "mark" files as "done" is to change the file name. Then when they're all done, I have to change all the file names back and then replace the old ones on an ftp site for others to access. It's more of a pain than labels, which can all be set to None with one operation.

It cuts both ways.
 
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