How to select "x" number of items in Finder list?

[mrpasini]

@Churchill

Ah interesting - it sounds like a slower process (having to step through and move each 128 files individually?) - and I was hoping to come up with a faster solution with less steps (select all 1-128 files + move them to new folder). Or maybe I'm not understanding it clearly, perhaps this is the best way to handle this?... I am still a novice at setting up these macros, still trying to wrap my head around some of the concepts

It's actually as fast a method as any, the limiting factor being your disk's read/write speeds.

I don't myself have a macro that does quite what you want and there aren't enough details like folder and filename patterns in your post to write anything specifically for you. But fortunately you'll probably find a good starting point looking at other macros submitted here that move files to a new folder.

Move Selected Finder Items to Choose Folder , for example, might be a good starting point for you.

Or you might look at a few shell scripts that make it pretty easy to move large numbers of files around.