If you want to rename them in order to sequence them, why not prefix them with the sequence number?
01_igpnnnn 02_dnnnnn ... 13_igpzzzz is renaming really necessary? I'm sure you can drag'n'drop reorder them in the folder > On 16 Feb 2019, at 14:50, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Paul, i have looked into that briefly. I'm thinking along the > lines of this, if the beginning Nikon shots are lest say _D720250 and > the pentax shots start at say _IGP 9000 to rename those pen tax shots > _D720250a, then b then c or -1 -2 -3 etc. Not sure finder can do batch > like that but i''l look > > Dave > >> On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 9:21 AM Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I’m not a Mac guy but Google says you can batch rename using the finder. >> >> https://www.imore.com/how-rename-multiple-files-once-mac#batch >> >> -p >>> On Feb 16, 2019, 7:59 AM -0600, David J Brooks <[email protected]>, wrote: >>> First off thanks to all that had suggestions on my old macbook >>> purchase query. Some valid points made. >>> >>> Friday oi attended the latest slideshow at our local seniors club, its >>> the first one i attended as i wanted to see the process as mine is >>> March 15th. The presenter was using her newish macbook and just ran >>> her slide show movie direct from iMovie via a projector and she has >>> some music. After reading the replies to my query i realized i could >>> probably do mine on my iPad mini 2. I keep forgetting i even have it >>> as i only use it when the grand-kids are over to play Mario cart. I >>> tested out my ipad on the projector and could get the slideshow >>> feature to work as well as just moving the photos by hand with a swipe >>> right. >>> >>> So, problem 1 solved. Now problem two. I have two set of Newfoundland >>> photos, one from the Nikon and one form the Pentax, both have >>> different naming structures and file numbers. I would LOVE to have >>> these in some sort of order from both cameras and realize i would have >>> to do a lot of renaming, >>> Nikons are _D720250 etc >>> Pentax are _IGP9000 etc >>> >>> I'm racking my brain trying to determine the best way to do this. The >>> reason for wanting them in orderish is that i took maybe 20 shots of >>> an item with Nikon and say 30 with the Pentax with its shorter lens so >>> i'd like to have everything flow nice. I used to have renamer for mac >>> but it does not work now with OS 10.11.6 >>> >>> Any ideas appreciated. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> -- >>> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >>> www.caughtinmotion.com >>> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>> York Region, Ontario, Canada >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
