Important Automator Question
Important Automator Question
- Subject: Important Automator Question
- From: Randy Vaughn <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 16:52:57 -0700
QUESTION....New Member...Batch Renaming Multiple Files, Each With Different Numbers or Names, All At Once As A Batch.
Hello,
August 23, 2015
I am not at ALL familiar with Automator.
I need to be able to select and batch rename 199 files….1-199 or at least add these numbers to the beginning of existing file names.
I bought a Sony ICD-PX333 handheld digital voice recorder, it is Mac compatible as far as being able to get the files on the Mac but the bundled support software “SoundOrganizer” only works with PC.
The voice recorder has 5 folders and each folder contains 199 files (voice recording files).
Over the past 2 weeks I’ve recorder almost 1000 voice recordings on it.
It was almost full and needed more space for voice recordings, so I plugged it into my mac and the file names are displayed as completely different, it DOES show the 5 folders properly but all the file names once on the mac do NOT reflect the same title as on the voice recorder itself READ ON to see WHY this is a HUGE problem.
EXAMPLE: Folder 3, File 175 which I would label/name 3-175, BUT on the mac it just says
150811_014 which is date and a random file number, the date is correct but the file name number is NOT the same as it is on the device itself.
The reason this is a problem is because as I recorded these 1000 voice recordings (over the past 2 weeks) I notated the file names as shown on the voice recorder itself on 3x5” cards (one card for each file/1000 cards) Example: 3-175 (Folder 3, File 175) so now I have 1000 index cards that do NOT correlate to the name of the files displayed on the mac…..NIGHTMARE!!!!!!
I WILL NOTE: When I plug the voice recorder into my mac and click on the device in the sidebar, the 5 folders DO appear to the right AND/BUT…….ONE OTHER COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FILE also appears it is a UNIX Executable File named MSGLISTL.MSF this must be the file that makes it possible to AT LEAST be able to get the recordings from the device onto the mac at all…..BUT THIS COULD MEAN SOMETHING TO SOMEONE!!!
I reached out to Sony for help and they bailed on me very quickly, Apple Care at 1st bailed, but I called back and a smarter guy at CPU suggested a lot of things, chief among them was AUTOMATOR!!!
BOTTOMLINE: I need to be able to select and batch rename 199 files….1-199 or at least add these numbers to the beginning of existing file names and I don’t have hours or days to learn how to do it……I just need simple instructions to perform this SIMPLE TASK!!!!!!
OTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
1. Automator
2. Buy a voice recorder with support software that is mac compatible.
3. Find a utility or script that can do this.
4. Boot Camp, but I would have to buy the windows software and start using windows on my MAC….Disgusting!!!
5. Insert memory card into voice recorder instead of using built in memory, BUT I will likely get the same results.
6. Use my iPhone (built in) voice recorder BUT I do NOT carry my iPhone with me everywhere, the sony device is TINY and I carry it everywhere AND the iPhone voice recorder can NOT be used while I’m on a phone call and during other tasks.
7. Spend HOURS & HOURS on Google, YouTube, etc. etc. and hope after my eyes bleed enough I MIGHT find a solution.
8. A NICE PERSON STEPS IN AND TELLS ME HOW TO DO IT!!!!!!!!
PLEASE HELP
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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