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 | My honey-do list last weekend included providing Mary with a way to batch rename the hundreds (maybe thousands) of photos she will be scanning this summer. I immediately thought of using Apple's Automator application, which is included with OS X. Automator let me quickly throw together an application to batch rename files and folders. If you'd like to automate some of your routine workflows, I've put up a step-by-step guide you can use as a jumping off point to creating your own Automator applications. This week I also reviewed the new Adobe Lightroom 3 application. If you're a professional or amateur photographer, or you have a large collection of photos and you've outgrown iPhoto, Lightroom 3 may be just what you need to improve your workflow. | |
Using Automator to Rename Files and Folders
Automator is Apple's application for creating and automating workflows. You can think of it as an easy way to perform the same repetitive tasks over and over. Automator is often overlooked, especially by new Mac users, but it has some very powerful capabilities that can make using your Mac even easier than it already is. In this guide, we'll introduce Mac users to the Automator application, and then use it to create a workflow that renames files or folders. Why this particular workflow? Well, it's an easy task for Automator to perform. In addition, my wife recently asked me how she can rename folders full of hundreds of scanned images quickly and easily. Automator is just the application for that task... Read more
| Review: Photoshop Lightroom 3
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 is a photo workflow manager that takes care of cataloging, editing, and producing images for both professional and amateur photographers. In fact, I'll go a step further and say Lightroom 3 can be the heart of any photographer's digital workflow. It addresses the needs of amateurs and professionals alike. Because of its reasonable price, it's also a good choice for advanced hobbyists who have outgrown the basic capabilities of Apple iPhoto... Read more
| Sharing OS X 10.6 Files With Windows 7
Setting up Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) to share files with a PC running Windows 7 is a fairly straightforward process. In fact, it may be the easiest of all the Windows operating systems with which to share files. But, like any networking task, it's helpful to understand how the underlying process works... Read more
| How to Perform a Clean Install of Snow Leopard OS X 10.6
Without a doubt, the upgrade version of Snow Leopard will be the most popular version available. And why not? At $29, it's a steal. Even more amazing, Apple didn't configure the installer to do any checking for qualifying installed versions of Leopard, so the upgrade version works just like a full install version, with one little exception. Previous versions of OS X had installers that could perform various types of installations. The most popular types of installations were 'Erase and Install' (sometimes called a clean install), 'Archive,' and 'Upgrade.' The Snow Leopard installer has no option for performing any type of installation other than an upgrade, but with a few extra steps, you can get it to perform an 'Erase and Install' for you. Find out how
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