MacBook Pro opens movie files when trying to create a list

To create a text list of your movies without your MacBook Pro attempting to launch them, the most efficient method is to use a "copy-as-text" trick rather than dragging the files directly. Open your external drive in Finder, select all the movie files (Command + A), and copy them (Command + C). Next, open TextEdit, go to the Format menu and select Make Plain Text (Command + Shift + T); this is crucial, as "Rich Text" mode will try to embed the actual movie icons or files, whereas "Plain Text" only accepts the names. Once in plain text mode, simply paste (Command + V), and you will have a clean, printable list of your filenames. *******

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I use Print Window to make file lists. Simple to use and it works great.

Nifty File Lists is another great app, quite powerful list handling.

There is also a good video called 3 Ways To Print File Listings On Your Mac on MacMost that shows you three ways to print file lists with 1) Text Edit, 2) Terminal and 3) Direct to printer.

In the Finder, select all of them, choose Copy from the Edit menu, open TextEdit, choose Make Plain Text from the Edit menu, and paste them in.

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