How should I manage lots of MIDI loops?

Hello,
I just purchased GrooveMonkee MIDI drum loops, which gave me hundreds of MIDI drum loops.
I use the Mac's Finder to preview these MIDI loops. When I find the one I want, I drag it into the Arrange window of Logic Express.
However, Logic assigns the name "Sequence" to every loop, rather than the original file name. So then I get left with lots and lots of regions called "Sequence", and it's hard to know which was which.
Is there any way to change the name of a MIDI region after it is imported into Logic?
Would there be a better way for me to manage hundreds of MIDI loops like this? (apart from buying new software drum machines).
thanx

ngoonee wrote:
lukaszan wrote:I run updates rarely, as I don't really care about the latest packages. And unfortunately Arch IS releasing packages to eagerly (new kernels within a couple of days of official release ? That is not tested whatsoever...), so you just have to be... carefull
*unfortunately*? I believe that's part of the basic policy of Arch in the first place . Everything gets sign-offs in [arch-dev-public] though (or rather, everything important).
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