Action(s) 1.1.4 is now available for download.

The update will download automatically next time you will start Action(s) from your desktop or by clicking on this the launch button below:

Action(s) 1.1.4 contains minor bug corrections. Find all the details regarding this release in the release notes page.

Tags: Action(s), Action(s) 1.1, updates

Today we are proud to announce a new set of actions available from the More Actions website:
The Additional Internet Actions Pack offers a brain new action, Get icon URLs from Webpage, that allow you to download the favicons of a website. This action event manages the website icon for Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) if any.

Thanks to Enzyme for the idea.

Tags: Action(s), more actions

One of the great actions that Action(s) provides is the Rename Files action.

Especially, using the add date mode, you can add a date to the file name using various date formats. By default, Rename Files provides 7 formats:

Date and Time Format	Example
dd MMMMM yyyy	29 March 2011
dd-MM-yy	29-03-11
MM-dd-yy	03-29-11
yyyyMMdd	20110329
dd-MM-yy hh.mm.ss	29-03-11 17.42.12
h.mm a	5.42 pm
hh.mm	17.42

But you can also create your own format if the ones provided does not answer your need. It is very easy. Action(s) interprets different letters as date and time codes and replaces them by their values. You can combine the codes to create your own format.
Here are the available iddentifiers:

Code	Date or Time Component	Examples
G	Era designator	AD
yy	Year (2 digits)	96
yyyy	Year (4 digits)	1996
MM	Month in year (2 digits)	07
MMM	Month in year (3 letters)	Jul
MMMM	Month in year (full)	July
w	Week in year	27
W	Week in month	2
D	Day in year	189
d	Day in month (1 or 2 digits)	5 ; 23
dd	Day in month (2 digits)	05 ; 23
F	Day of week in month	2
EEE	Day in week (3 letters)	Tue
EEEE	Day in week (full)	Tuesday
a	Am/pm marker	PM
H	Hour in day (0-23) (1 or 2 digits)	0 ; 14
HH	Hour in day (0-23) (2 digits)	00 ; 14
h	Hour in am/pm (1-12) (1 or 2 digits)	12 ; 3
hh	Hour in am/pm (1-12) (2 digits)	12 ; 03
k	Hour in day (1-24) (1 or 2 digits)	24 ; 3
kk	Hour in day (1-24) (2 digits)	24 ; 03
K	Hour in am/pm (0-11) (1 or 2 digits)	0 ; 11
K	Hour in am/pm (0-11) (2 digits)	00 ; 11
m	Minute in hour (1 or 2 digits)	30 ; 5
mm	Minute in hour (2 digits)	30 ; 05
s	Second in minute (1 or 2 digits)	55 ; 8
ss	Second in minute (2 digits)	55 ; 08
S	Millisecond (1, 2 or 3 digits)	978 ; 78 ; 9
SSS	Millisecond (3 digits)	978 ; 078 ; 009
zzz	Time zone (short name if available or GMT based)	PST ; GMT-08:00
zzzz	Time zone (full name if available or GMT based)	Pacific Standard Time ; GMT-08:00
Z	Time zone (RFC 822 format)	-0800

Text can be quoted using single quotes (') to avoid interpretation. '' (2 quotes) represents a single quote.
All characters which are not letters (from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z') are not interpreted and so do not need to be put between quotes.

The following examples show how date and time patterns are interpreted in the U.S. locale. The given date and time are 4 July 2001 at 12:08:56 local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.

Date and Time Format	Result
yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z	2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT
EEE, MMM d, ''yy	Wed, Jul 4, '01
h:mm a	12:08 PM
hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz	12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
K:mm a, z	0:08 PM, PDT
yyyy.MMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa	2001.July.04 AD 12:08 PM
EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z	Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700
yyMMddHHmmssZ	010704120856-0700

Tags: Action(s), tips & tricks, file renaming