Renaming Files

16 Oct 2011 19:00:54

Drew McFarlane

I have updated to Lion on both a MacBook Pro and an iMac, both machines are only a few months old. I have Pages '09 version 4.1 (903) on both machines,

I would be grateful for assistance in instructions on how to rename a file, unfortunately I have been unsuccessful with the instructions given to me last Tuesday at the Dorchester Meeting.

Re: Renaming Files

17 Oct 2011 10:47:00

Mick Burrell

Hi Drew, maybe I misunderstood your question last Tuesday.

If the file has already been saved and is not open and in use, click on its icon in Finder. Click again on the name part and it should highlight the text in blue. Just overtype the name you want to use. Is that what you meant?

Re: Renaming Files

18 Oct 2011 10:23:48

Euan Williams

or, click on the icon whose title you want to change (the whole title box is highlighted)
press enter (the whole title text is highlighted ready for any changes).

For me this is more direct and "reliable" than clicking in the icon text area a few times. But "your experience may vary"!

Re: Renaming Files

21 Oct 2011 17:22:11

Steve Ryder

or there again (and there is always at least one more way of doing things), you could ctrl-click on the file icon, and select 'Get Info' on the menu which appears, and then enter the new title to replace the old one under 'Name & Extension'.

Take your pick!

Re: Renaming Files

21 Oct 2011 18:04:07

Eleanor Spenceley

This is fun.... how about

1. Open Terminal....

2. Change directory to the folder where your file exists. using the 'cd' command.
e.g. cd Desktop

3. Type:

mv oldfilename newfilename

where oldfilename is the name of your old file... etc... Don't forget the file extensions as well.

But then again... this is best forgotten... :-)

Re: Renaming Files

22 Oct 2011 21:47:55

Drew McFarlane

Thank you for all your suggestions, unfortunately I am still having difficulty.

I spent an hour with a fellow member the other night, he had no bother on his computer, my computer wouldn't play game.

I will take it along to Dorchester next month and ask the experts to "have a look", thank you once again.

Re: Renaming Files

23 Oct 2011 17:58:09

Drew McFarlane

Update,

Eureka! with a little? help from a member of the group who wishes to be nameless, I have managed to solve the problem.

Once again thank you for all your help, especially to the gentleman who phoned me this afternoon and talked me through my problem.