I am trying to change the name of a desktop file:
tell application "Finder"
set name of file "Thursday DATE.png" of desktop to "DATE.png"
end tell
I get the following error:
error "Finder got an error: Can’t set file \"Thursday DATE.png\" of desktop to \"DATE.png\"." number -10006 from file "Thursday DATE.png" of desktop
Thanks for any help
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
If the file actually is on your Desktop, and spelled as you reference in the script, then the AppleScript syntax works here in Mojave 10.14.6 and Catalina 10.15.5 without error. Is your Desktop local to your startup drive, or is it located on iCloud Drive?
at least in my older script, I need to write:
path to desktop
display dialog (path to desktop) as string
works for me in Yosemite
I am not sure what I did wrong but, if you would allow me to ask this:
I need an AppleScript that will change the name of the file no matter which day of the week is in the prefix and change the file to DATE.png. This would include every day of the week. So, by example Sunday DATE.png would become DATE.png and so on
There would always be 1 file on the desktop but the day of the week in its name would be different.
Thanks
Change file name