- #AUTOMATOR MAC CHANGE FILE EXTENSION PDF#
- #AUTOMATOR MAC CHANGE FILE EXTENSION FULL#
- #AUTOMATOR MAC CHANGE FILE EXTENSION SERIES#
#AUTOMATOR MAC CHANGE FILE EXTENSION SERIES#
Then your workflow becomes a series of 'Get value of Variable' passed into a 'Rename Finder Items' action. In this case it probably hinges around taking the input list of files and storing that in a variable (via a 'Set value of variable' action).
#AUTOMATOR MAC CHANGE FILE EXTENSION FULL#
What you need is for *each* of the steps to process the full list of files. You see, the issue is that that output of one step is passed as the input to the next step. To be clear, NONE of these file names will contain _V2 because this is a list of the files that were renamed from _V1 to _RGB HOWEVER, the OUTPUT of this command (in short, a list of the files that were renamed) are then passed in to step 2. To explain, your first step renames items that have _V1 in their name. The reason why the workflow only processes the _V1 files is a perfect example of how/why Automator fails when there's any kind of logic processing or iteration. Tested with Automator on macOS 11.6.6 and Zsh shell v5.8. # pass folder to its function, filename and extension to its function # case insensitive search of images in the folder.įor f in $/*.(jpg|jpeg|png|tif|tiff)(.N) # rename imagenn_Vnn.jpg to imagenn_RGB.jpg using zmv pattern. If encountering a folder, then process all image files in its first level w/o recursion. Given files and folders as input, convert filenames from imagenn_vnn.ext to imagenn_RGB.ext. It is extended for other image formats than jpg, and if you have RAW files, you can add those as lower case extensions too. It can handle multiple selections of files and folders, and process your image pattern rename in each file encountered. Now that I've discovered this little hack I'll be sure to spend some time seeing what else I can do with Automator and the Mac services menu.Here is another approach to using Automator in processing custom filenames as you have shared. Note that if you select a group of images they'll be combined into one document.
#AUTOMATOR MAC CHANGE FILE EXTENSION PDF#
The image (or images), will be converted to PDF and saved wherever you've chosen to have them saved (in my case, the Desktop). To use the service, simply right-click on an image or group of images and choose the “Convert to PDF” option that has appeared at the bottom of the menu. Save the workflow and call it “Convert to PDF”. I changed the “Output File Name” to “New PDF”.Ĥ. Search for the “New PDF from Images” option using the search box or by going to the “PDFs” section in the library. This means the option to convert an image only appears when you right-click on an image and not on other file types.Ĥ. Make sure the “Service receives selected” option is set to “image files” in “Finder”. (If you already know this trick then just humour me)ģ. Wouldn't it be great if you could just right-click on the file and convert it into a PDF instantly without opening the file? Well, I've got some good news, because you can! Now I don't know about you, but personally I find this takes WAAAY to long. To do this on the Mac, you have to open the document and use the File > Export as PDF option. Recently I've found myself in the situation where I need to convert an image to a PDF. Check out my other Mac productivity tips!