How do you add file extensions to a bunch of files at once?

[john-o]

I used to do this with the AppleScript menu, back in the day, but in Lion I have no clue! Automator? Anyone willing to give me a quick lesson?

Many TiA,
John

[mattkime]

http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/

A Better Finder Rename is the most complete renaming solution available on the market today. That’s why, since 1996, thousands of hobbyists, professionals and businesses alike depend on A Better Finder Rename to organize and maintain files.

[john-o]

Do I really have to spend $20 to do this? I feel like I had something similar around here somewhere. I'm off to dig around in my bloated Applications folder...

[decay]

R-Name

Intel Version:
http://movieconverter.online.fr/DL/R-NameUB.zip

[MysteryGuest]

I use Renamer4Mac for this. I believe it's free.

[john-o]

I found my app: Name Mangler... It's donation-ware, and works well!

Thanks all!

[john-o]

Now all I need is a tool to tell me what a bunch of these files are supposed to be! They're on a client's Mac, copied from an old PC, and it appears most of 'em have no file extension. Most of those show up as "Unix Executable File", even though the first two folders I converted were all .eml (email message) files. Those were easy, since they had names like "FWD: family news"...

There's a mix of Word docs and .rtf files in their Documents folder, plus a bunch of random files that the computer thinks are .exe files. Those are proving to be more difficult to suss out!

Oh well, thanks again everyone!!

[ztirffritz]

man rename

[StingMe]

Automator will do it...

Launch, create a new workflow, use get selected finder items, then rename finder items

Pretty self explanatory from there but here's an old article for reference

http://maketecheasier.com/2-ways-to-batc...2009/05/16

I'm sure there are plenty of others out there.

[freeradical]

Finder Scripts