Rename files with random names

Question

Hi all -
I have a folder of 600 images to go on a digital photo frame. The digital photo frame always plays in the same order, so I want to randomize the files before I put them on the frame.
I tried using automator's batch rename, but that won't randomize the files.
Anyone know of a software utility to do this easily? I am unfamilar with scripting, so any solutions i've found online that use scripting are foreign to me..
TIA

Answer 1

ok, paste the following into script editor and save it as an application.
tell application "Finder"
set fol1 to folder "1" of (path to desktop)
set fol2 to folder "2" of (path to desktop)
set theNum to number of items in fol1
repeat with i from 1 to theNum
set this_item to some item of fol1
set fname to name of this_item
set name of this_item to (i as text) & fname
set x to (first item of fol1 whose name is (i as text) & fname)
move x to fol2
end repeat
end tell
This will work as follows. Say you have folder on the desktop named 1 with 600 images.
make a folder named 2 on the desktop and run the script. It will move your images from folder 1 to folder 2 and add a random number between 1 and 600 to the front of their names. The script can be easily adjusted to work on other folders but since you don't know apple script I suggest you create folders 1 and 2 on your desktop, move all your images to folder 1 and run the script. You can run the script by pressing the "run" button in script editor or by double-clicking on the saved application.
Message was edited by: V.K.