Moderator: Mr_Noodle
Mr_Noodle wrote:Anything in the custom attribute's pattern will become part of that attribute. If you have "anything" in that pattern, then anything it matches will be included in the custom attribute. You want that last "anything" to be outside the custom attribute's pattern, and in the main pattern instead.
Mr_Noodle wrote:Think of it like this. You have a big bucket full of different colored marbles (this is the full pattern). You put in a cup for the marbles you care about (this is your custom attribute). You want to fill it with, say, all the marbles except the yellow ones.
What you are doing now is putting in all the marbles including the yellows. You want the yellow ones outside the cup, but still inside the bucket.
Mr_Noodle wrote:You want your full pattern to be (• my custom attribute)(anything). You want the pattern for (• my custom attribute) to be (anything)(_Mv). You have to be careful to keep that second (anything) outside the custom attribute's pattern. When you rename, you do not use (name). You want to use (• my custom attribute) plus the counter attribute.
Mr_Noodle wrote:The issue here is that you have it set to "Use lowest available". There is a limitation now where the files have to be named identically except the counter. For example, if you have file A1, A2, and A4, Hazel will use A3. But if you have A1, A2, B1, and the new file is "B", then it will use B2 since that is the first one available in that sequence.
If you want it to be strictly increasing, you need to use "Always increment".
Mr_Noodle wrote:Are you sure the counter isn't up to 18?
Mr_Noodle wrote:If you want the original number + 1, that is different than having a counter. So you are saying if you get mv52, you want it renamed to mv53?
Mr_Noodle wrote:In that case, you don't want to use the counter at all. Replace the "..." at the end with another custom text attribute to match the number. Then in the Rename pattern, you can use the adjustment there.
Mr_Noodle wrote:In that case, you don't want to use the counter at all. Replace the "..." at the end with another custom text attribute to match the number. Then in the Rename pattern, you can use the adjustment there.