Copying file titles?

I remember back long-ago being able to copy the names of files in Finder list view. I cannot do it now.


What I have is a folder open in list view. I would like to copy the titles of the individual files in the folder so that I can then carry this titles over to a new document and paste them into a list in the new document.


What I remember doing in the past was to select all the files so that they are highlighted. I could then hit "copy." Finder then transferred the titles to Clipboard. From there I pasted the titles as a list in the next document.


Now, though, when I select and copy of the individual files and do the paste, I get full copies of the contents of the files, not the titles of the files.


It's been so long since I did this title-copying that I suspect it might have been back in Classic Mac.


Does anyone know if there is a present technique for copying only the titles of files in Finder?



FWIW, I am pasting into MS Word. I would not think that that makes a difference, as I used Word with Classic Mac, too.



Mac mini, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 2:16 PM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2022 2:30 PM

Select and copy the file list from the Finder window, and paste it in TextEdit using Plain Text format.


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Forget that. Select and copy the file list from the Finder window and select "Paste Special…" from the Edit menu in MS Word, then select "Unformatted text" option.

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Jan 26, 2022 2:30 PM in response to R_55a

Select and copy the file list from the Finder window, and paste it in TextEdit using Plain Text format.


--Edit:


Forget that. Select and copy the file list from the Finder window and select "Paste Special…" from the Edit menu in MS Word, then select "Unformatted text" option.

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