When duplicating files in the finder, OS X attaches a space followed by 'copy' to the file name. This can lead to some file alphabetizing problems and the copies may appear out of order (not directly subsequent to the original). Is there a way to change the appended text? I would prefer that it says '_1' or _copy. Thanks.
Changing text applied when duplicating file in Finder
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I use Ciarán Walsh’s TextMate in QuickLook plugin.
This is a TextMate plug-in and a QuickLook generator which renders QuickLook previews (for certain filetypes) using the TextMate syntax highlighter. Currently it’s configured to highlight Perl, PHP, Ruby, Shell, C headers and Obj-C(++). Note: this effectively sets up TextMate as a server for the syntax highlighting, so it won’t work unless TM is running (QuickLook will just fall back to the standard preview if it’s not).
Here is a convenience link to download the plugin and you can read more about it on Ciarán's web page.
This is what it looks like when I QuickLook a .yml file:
This is likely happening because of the playlist and letting iTunes sort your music. Everytime you import the playlist the playlist imports the songs and then iTunes organizes those songs. For some reason it doesn't realize that's importing already organized songs. Find the playlist and delete it and the problem should go away chances are it's an .m3u.
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Best Answer
Open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/
Use Show Package Contents to browse the package in Finder, or open using Terminal, etc.
Open Localizable.strings in BBEdit or other editor capable of editing .strings files.
N4 contains the string that is used to name the duplicate file.
^0is the previous file's name. Make sure to keep this to retain the name of the previous file.Edit the string how you wish. For example, to duplicate
testastest_copyinstead oftest copy, use…Save and relaunch Finder.