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  A Better Finder Rename 8 Icon   Trouble with tab delimited file lists.
 

This is probably the most difficult to use feature in the program as it requires some knowledge about Mac OS X internals and rigorous attention to detail.

There are two major sources of problems:

  1. the file list loads fine but nothing happens!
  2. an error message appears when I load my file list
The first problem is easily resolved. The program loads the entire file list, but does not automatically add the files and folders in the list to the preview!

You need to drag & drop the files you want to rename into the preview list as usual. The program will then use the associations in the file list to determine the correct new names. This is done for consistency with the other renaming features and allows you (if you desire to do so) to perform a partial rename, ie. rename only some of the files in the file list.

The error message in the second problem may have a number of different reasons but all indicate that your file list is incorrect.

Re-read the instructions in the manual carefully: this is one area where details really are important!

The most common errors are:
If you still can't figure out what's wrong, please email me directly at reiff@publicspace.net and don't forget to attach your file list and the full text of the error message that you receive. I will try to answer as quickly as possible, but it may take a day or two..

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