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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: OS X Finder improvements: Rename, Path copy,
Date: 16 Oct 2015 22:35:48 GMT
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On 2015-10-16, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>
> I - Rename
>
> Recently needed to prefix some file names with a string.
>
> Out of some number of files in the folder, I wanted to prefix half a 
> dozen of them.  Selected them and hit rename.
>
> Can now replace, prefix, suffix at will.  Convert to new names with 
> serialization if that's your thing ...
>
> Long due, finally here.

Yeah, that's been available in Yosemite, and it's quite useful compared
with other alternatives.

> (I had been using Skooby but this really should be part of the OS)

Agreed that it should be part of the OS. I usually did it on the command
line in previous versions.

> II - Path copy
>
> Also, it's practical on occasion to want a complete pathname slapped 
> into the clipboard.
>
> Right-click on a file in Finder.  Then hold down the option key.  An 
> option to copy the path (and not the file) is in the dropdown.

That must be new in El Capitan. In previous versions I use a Copy Unix
Path service to copy the path from the contextual menu:

<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/software/services/>

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