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Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - steveroberts - 08-28-2018
Friends,
I've got 20,000 plus ,jpg files exported by Photos into 1200 or so subfolders, named by date, i.e.: April 11, 2002; November 7, 2016; etc.
I'd like to extract the files out of each set of year folders, i.e. everything from 2005, and put them into a folder named "2005."
I have both Finder and Pathfinder at my disposal, but I cannot figure out the quickest, easiest way to do accomplish this.
Thank you for any suggestions.
SR
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - jdc - 08-28-2018
Find by "20XX". Select All. Right click, "new folder with selection"
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - steveroberts - 08-28-2018
Thanks, jdc.
That seems to just create a folder with all of the folders inside. I'm looking to extract all of the files from within the year 20xx into a new folder, but not the original folders themselves.
SR
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - pdq - 08-28-2018
steveroberts wrote:
Thanks, jdc.
That seems to just create a folder with all of the folders inside.
Then could you do a search, limited to the new folder, of everything with file type ".jpg"?
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - jdc - 08-28-2018
narrow your search parameters.
Try "20XX.jpg" or "-20XX" so the folder isnt included. You can also search by just "kind" "jpeg"
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - jimmy d - 08-28-2018
Any help here?
http://www.mackungfu.org/extract-all-files-from-a-series-of-folders
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - RAMd®d - 08-29-2018
I've done something similar to what jdc suggested.
Afrer getting a 2005 folder full of 2005 folders, I put the parent folder in the sidebar, and open each folder in the window, Cmd-A the contents, and drag them into the parent folder in the side bar.
Or you could open all the folders in the parent window, Cmd-A, then Cmd-Click on just the folders to deselect them. Then drag the contents into the 2005 folder in the sidebar.
Yes, a little labor intensive, but it goes fairly quickly.
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - btfc - 08-29-2018
GraphicConverter can do that.
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - jdc - 08-29-2018
btfc wrote:
GraphicConverter can do that.
Can do what, exactly?
Re: Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this? - steveroberts - 08-29-2018
Thanks for all of your helpful suggestions. Ultimately, I found and used this Applescript, which did the work quickly: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6491145
SR