I've "titled" many, many photos in iPhoto by changing the filename (e.g. "DSC_2254" --> "On vacation in Hawaii"), but there appears to be no option in Photos to show the filename. So none of my "titles" appear. Am I missing something?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
I've been trying to run it as a Service within Photos, and it fails in that context.
JML54 wrote:
I've been trying to run it as a Service within Photos, and it fails in that context.
See the follow up I posted regarding automation and scripting additions here: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Where are photo file names?.
tt2
Version 1.3 works as a Service! Thanks.
-- Photos | Filename to Title | V1.3
-- Images with no title will have the filename used as the title
-- Use values below to exclude or include specfic file extensions from the generated title
-- Existing titles will be modified to add or remove any extension from the title as required
set exclude to ".jpeg.jpg.mov.png.tif.tiff" -- Extensions to exclude from the image titles
set include to ".cr2" -- Extensions to include in the image titles
use scripting additions-- Prevents errors triggered by offset clause
tell application "Photos"
activate
set updated to 0
set info to "Photos | Filename to Title"
set images to (get selection)
if images is {} then
display dialog "Please select items in Photos before calling this script." with title info buttons {"OK"} giving up after 5
else
repeat with image in images
set fullName to filename of image
set title to the name of image
if not (exists (title)) or title = "" then
set title to fullName
set current to ""
else
set current to title
end if
set pos to offset of "." in ((reverse of characters of title) as string)
set prefix to characters 1 thru (-1 - pos) of title as string
if pos > 0 then
set postfix to characters -pos thru -1 of title as string
else
set postfix to ""
end if
set pos to offset of "." in ((reverse of characters of fullName) as string)
set ext to characters -pos thru -1 of fullName as string
if (offset of postfix in exclude) > 0 then
set newTitle to prefix
else
set newTitle to prefix & postfix
end if
if (offset of ext in include) > 0 and not ext = postfix then
set newTitle to newTitle & ext -- Or could test here and add something like " | RAW" for raw formats
end if
if not current = newTitle then
set the name of image to newTitle
set updated to updated + 1
end if
end repeat
if updated = 1 then
set message to " item was updated."
else
set message to " items were updated."
end if
if updated = 0 then
set message to "No" & message
else
set message to (updated as string) & message
end if
display dialog message with title info buttons {"OK"}
end if
end tell
You're welcome. 🙂
tt2
Hello. I'm beginning a large project and thought I would try your script for Changing Title to Filename...
Unfortunately Mac OS Sierra does not allow it to open because "it is from an unrecognized developer."
Thought you'd want to know.
Sincerely,
Control (right) - click on the app and select Open from the Contextual menu. In the next window select Open and from then on it will open without issue
That is exactly what I did but Mac OX won't allow it to unzip. The zip file does the animation of a file opening or unzipping, but nothing results.
I searched the filename with Spotlight and it shows the file as being in my applications folder, however when I go to applications it is not visible. I have checked my utilities folder just in case.
Thanks
Try one of these two:
1 - go to the ➙ Force Quit menu and relaunch the Finder. Then check to see if the unzipped file is visible.
2 - boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and check the location where the zipped file was unzipped.
This is what should happen:
Use keywords, the keyword manager, info and intelligent albums to solve your problems !!!
I have more than a thousand key words and I can find everything very easily. You can even filter photos intelligently with a little practise and good thinking, so that you can have the albums completely presented under "all photos" ! Good luck ! (Any photo can have a multitude of keywords.)
Time Machine is not a clone. Time machine is a limited archive. It will archive as much information as it can based on capacity.
This is an important distinction from a clone, because Macs without internet restore capability turned on may not be able to recover from a Time Machine backup without their original installer discs. There is a special firmware for the internet restore on Macs that predate Lion's release.
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I have been going crazy trying to find a way to batch copy filenames to the title field in Apple's Photos program. Your app works great. Thank you so much! Is there an easy way to add it to the Services menu? Please keep in mind I definitely am not a programming expert. Thanks again!
I've not had much luck with services. I've created a folder in my Documents folder for the apps and add them there. I then added the folder to the Dock as show here:
For me it's much easier and quicker to get to the apps and activate.
Apple's method of naming files has been lousy from the start - you get a photo from something digital and it is labelled as something like D7K_2242 as noted by thedatadude elsewhere in this thread. My first mistake when I uploaded to iphoto my photos was to assume that if I changed the title, it changed the photo name. Reseting my camera by deleting all the photos after upload, a different D7K-2242 would eventually come up, be titled as something else, but when I eventually burnt a DVD of photos for a friend, quite afew went AWOL, because the same file name overwrote the previous one!
Having learnt my lesson, every file is renamed before it goes into iphoto/photo, to something like 20170524 San Francisco A 08 - YearMonthDate (Location or event) (letter if I have lots of photos on that day) number within the sequence. If I want more data attached to the photo, I use faces, keywords, and very occasionally a description. I used to be able to see those photo names as the default title in iPhoto
Transferring from iPhoto to photo, all the names are gone, although the titles are still correct. But you can only see them if you open info, as it displays non-existent titles instead of defaulting a blank title to the file name.
For new uploads, I am wasting my time when I upload and doing faces by highlighting the file name (minus the ".jpg") copying (Command-C) and pasting into title (Command-v). Far from ideal. If someone knows how to do this with an applescript or similar, I'd be greatful, for those who have different titles, you'll need another solution.
Sorry - didn't read the thread all the way to the bottom. Thanks OLD Toad for the script - I will give it a go.
As more folks are using their I phones - even pros- for images that need a file name for exporting, so you do not duplicate when moving to Mac book pro for example, it is really bad design on Apple's part NOT to have a file name under an image! I am using High Sierra, and I photo is a thing of the past. Get with the program apple.. This is absurd !
Where are photo file names?
