I wanted to get off of iPhoto and switch back to just using folders and files. Easier said than done with the format that I had existing pictures in and the way that iPhoto exports them. When I exported the entire library, I ended up with lots of different types of folder names:
- YYYY_MM_DD Name of Event
- Apr 3 2016 Name of Event
- etc.
So the purpose of this script is:
- For me to learn a bit of go
- To get all the folders named appropriately.
Your mileage may vary given that I don't know why some of my folders were named one way and some another. Oh well.
VIDEOS didn't work at all.
Ideal output: folder name with format YYYYMMDD - Event Name
Currently there are some folder with names like this. Others contained scanned images that have names starting with YYYYMMDD The folders are at least organized by event - which means generally pictures in one folder should stay in that folder.
- Check if the folder already has a name like YYYYMMDD.* If so, STOP.
- Check if the folder name already looks like a date - for example 1 Apr 1973. If so, set YYYYMMDD and GOTO moveFolder function with old name and new name: D M YYYY, YYYY_MM_DD_(Title)
- Check if any files in the folder have names like YYYYMMDD.* If so, call moveFolder with that as the date.
- Run exif on the first file in the folder and extract it. Use this as the date for the folder
Rather than actually write a function that does the file moving, this just spits out a bash script. What better!
go install github.com/elgreg/iphoto_export_renamer
# cd into folder you
iphoto_export_renamer -o output-filename.sh
./output-filename.shThis will create a directory called "renamed_folders" with all the new folders