Droplets
Droplets Tips & Tricks
Tips for A Better Finder Rename droplets: confirmation dialogs, the Completely rename action, silent droplets for automated workflows and locking.
A number of features of A Better Finder Rename are particularly useful in the context of creating droplets.
Tick Show confirmation dialog before renaming if you want the droplet to show you a dialog detailing the changes that
will be made before they are applied. Untick the check box if you want the changes to be applied without prompting you
first. This saves time, but be careful not to apply the wrong changes!
The Completely rename action in the Advanced & Special category lets you create a droplet that always renames a file
to the same name. This may be useful in some workflows (for instance for renaming catalog files to a standard name when
new scans arrive).
If you want to use a droplet as part of a fully automated workflow, you may want to consider creating a “silent” droplet which does not present the user with any interactive dialogs during execution.