Stupid Finder Tricks: Okay, how do I do this?

[steveroberts]

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

[jdc]

Find by "20XX". Select All. Right click, "new folder with selection"

[steveroberts]

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

[pdq]

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"?

[jdc]

narrow your search parameters.

Try "20XX.jpg" or "-20XX" so the folder isnt included. You can also search by just "kind" "jpeg"

[jimmy d]

Any help here?

http://www.mackungfu.org/extract-all-fil...of-folders

[RAMd®d]

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.

[btfc]

GraphicConverter can do that.

[jdc]

btfc wrote:
GraphicConverter can do that.

Can do what, exactly?

[steveroberts]

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