On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 10:39 AM, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote:
Just off the top, I'm wondering if an AppleScript droplet that changes the last part of any file name to html when something's dropped on it might work. Sometimes such automatic doings have a way of bypassing Finder dialog boxes. Even if it doesn't prevent the dialog box, I'd think it would still help save you some time. But if If I tended to keep the new one as-is and want to also archive the old version I'd rename it first (sounds like another job where a script would come in handy ...) and /or move the old file out of the download directory before downloading. The same script could do both, of course. Is Fetch scriptable? If so it could run a script that you write that looks for the existence of a file with the same name as what's coming into the folder, take that file and either rename the old one, the new one or both/ move the old file somewhere etc. Any repetitive task you do is ripe for AppleScript. <rant>My pet peeve is modifying filenames in X. Click name. Click name second time so Finder knows you mean the name, as opposed to the icon. Click a third time because you don't want all the text selected. That's 300% more clicks than is necessary. It's OK if you want an all-new name because now all the text is selected the first time, but I usually only want to change one or two characters.</rant> -David >> Hi all, >> >> Whenever I add a file extension to an exisitng file (such as .html) OS X >> asks, "Are you sure you want to add the extension <whatever> to this >> file?" >> Usually I'm doing it because I've downloaded an updated version from >> Fetch, >> which gets saved as <file>.html.1, and I'm removing the .1 after having >> trashed the earlier version. Does anyone know how to stop this message >> from >> appearing? It's really annoying aftera few times. > > > Its more than really annoying, and it can't be stopped. > Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
