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Applescript - changing the extension of files
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<blockquote data-quote="NanoBite" data-source="post: 350644" data-attributes="member: 13565"><p>G'day origami.</p><p></p><p>Your Mac comes with a script already written to do this very job. First you need to enable it by following the info in this link:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.apple.com/ca/pro/tips/applescript.html" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/ca/pro/tips/applescript.html</a></p><p></p><p>Firstly find and highlight all the items you need to effect a change to and then click on the AppleScript icon in the menubar to the right of the DeskTop and navigate to:</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: DarkRed">Finder Scripts>Replace Text in Item names.</span></em></p><p></p><p>Then follow the prompts and the task is done.</p><p></p><p>I tested this out on a folder of .mid files and successfully altered the extension from .mid to .mad ... completely unreadable by any app but at least it worked. I then used the script to change them back again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NanoBite, post: 350644, member: 13565"] G'day origami. Your Mac comes with a script already written to do this very job. First you need to enable it by following the info in this link: [URL="http://www.apple.com/ca/pro/tips/applescript.html"]http://www.apple.com/ca/pro/tips/applescript.html[/URL] Firstly find and highlight all the items you need to effect a change to and then click on the AppleScript icon in the menubar to the right of the DeskTop and navigate to: [I][COLOR="DarkRed"]Finder Scripts>Replace Text in Item names.[/COLOR][/I] Then follow the prompts and the task is done. I tested this out on a folder of .mid files and successfully altered the extension from .mid to .mad ... completely unreadable by any app but at least it worked. I then used the script to change them back again. [/QUOTE]
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