I've just installed Google Drive, but it's created a series of duplicates with a "(1)" inserted in the filename. Quite maddening. Is there any way to quickly search for filenames that contain (1) so I can quickly separate them?
Thanks, in advance.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
In the search box in the finder you can search for "(1)" on "This Mac" and the dropdown box that appears will allow you to limit the search to Filenames. That should give you a list of all files on your hard drive in the area that Spotlight searches that have "(1)" in their names.
Thanks for your reply. In addition, is there a way to batch remove the "(1)"? Perhaps somehow find and replace (1) with a space?
Thanks for your time...
Not easily with the basic tools as far as I can tell.
That said, there is an article I found that does talk about using Automator to do it, as well as a third party utility. In your case the "limitation" of Automator (has to be fixed text to search for) isn't really a problem.
http://maketecheasier.com/2-ways-to-batch-rename-files-in-os-x/2009/05/16
Thanks, again!
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