Im interested in creating a macro that would copy the filenames of the items within a folder and applying that naming-scheme to a subset of folders, each contaning the same number of items.
So in this example the items in folder 01 has the correct filenames. Now I want to copy those filenames to the rest of the folders 02-06 that each has 4 files but the incorrect filenames.
You can't copy "filenames" to a folder. You can copy ONLY actual files and folders.
However, you can rename files/folders. Is that what you want, to rename the existing files in the other folders?
If you want to rename the files in the other foldes (02-06), then you need to be more specific about your renaming scheme. How would the macro know which file to rename to "file1", etc?
Please show a real-world example of:
The current files in one of the target folders.
The new name for each file, e.g. "My Original File One" --> "file1"
Do the files have extensions? Even if you don't show them in the Finder, it is important to know what they are when doing the rename process.
The names in this example I just made up for this thread, they will wary. I was hoping to have the macro treat the first folder (where the cursor is) as the source and however many folders are beneath (graphically speaking) as target folders.
The background for this is that in my work I often get projects divided into folders like this. The names of the folders and files within them will wary every time. The files are ordered by name and the amount of files are split up evenly between the folders.
The first thing I do then is to manually rename files in the first folder to fit my workflow better. I make sure to rename the files so that they dont swith order which would make this macro impossible I think.
My goal was then to able to have this picture below as a starting point, with 01 as the source folder and then with a keystroke rename the files in the target folders beneath (02-04 in this case) with the exact same names, not subtract or add anything.