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Subject: [Leica] Slightly OT: How To Batch Rename Mac Image Files?
From: rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:16:39 +0700
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Never being one to do things simply, after a quick google search I
found a Mac donationware program called Name Mangler at
http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler/  that does what I want with a
minimum of fuss.

But thanks for your suggestions; there are still a lot of things I
don't know (including but not limited to about LR) but I'm working on
learning.

--Bob

==On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> 
wrote:
> Simply don't copy first - you have an option on upload with LR that allows
> you to copy and rename, select the appropriate folder, and you're done
> ph
>
>
> Robert D. Baron wrote:
>
>> The problem is that I have to rename them before I move them from the
>> SD card to their folder on the hard drive; otherwise they will
>> overwrite the existing file of the same name.
>>
>> I don't ordinarily import from the SD card into LR.
>>
>> I copy them to a folder on the laptop's hard drive; and to an external
>> hard drive; and then I import them into LR from the laptop's hard
>> drive.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
>> ==On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Bob,
>>> Rename them in Lightroom when you import them.
>>>
>>> Leo Wesson
>>> photographer?videographer
>>> leo at leowesson.com
>>> 817?733?9157
>>>
>>> On Nov 8, 2009, at 10:25 PM, "Robert D. Baron" <rbaron at concentric.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mac newbie here. ?I just discovered - when loading images from SD
>>>> cards to my laptop - that both my new Canon S90 and G11 were assigning
>>>> identical file names (numbers) to image files. ?I can fix this in the
>>>> future, but as to the existing image files, is there a way to batch
>>>> rename them before loading them into Lightroom?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> --Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>


Replies: Reply from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Slightly OT: How To Batch Rename Mac Image Files?)
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Message from rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron) ([Leica] Slightly OT: How To Batch Rename Mac Image Files?)
Message from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] Slightly OT: How To Batch Rename Mac Image Files?)