[Leica] Slightly OT: How To Batch Rename Mac Image Files?

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

I do not see any problem as the camera sequentially numbers the files and 
the computer imports with the number given by the camera.  Not sure why you 
have the same file numbers every time you down load your photos.


Gene -------------- Original message from "Robert D. Baron" <rbaron at 
concentric.net>: --------------


> 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  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" 
> > 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
> >>
> 
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