Re: OS X Finder improvements: Rename, Path copy,

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: OS X Finder improvements: Rename, Path copy,
Date	2015-10-16 22:35 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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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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OS X Finder improvements: Rename, Path copy, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-16 18:22 -0400
  Re: OS X Finder improvements: Rename, Path copy, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-16 22:35 +0000
    Re: OS X Finder improvements: Rename, Path copy, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-16 18:44 -0400
      Re: OS X Finder improvements: Rename, Path copy, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-16 22:49 +0000
        Re: OS X Finder improvements: Rename, Path copy, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-16 19:02 -0400

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