What is ClippingNamer?

Finder clippings are a great idea, but they have limitations: while you can drag data to the Finder without interrupting what you're doing, you must then deal with a stack of Text Clipping 1, Text Clipping 2, etc.  There is no way to know what's in a clipping without opening it, which is a pain if you have several.

ClippingNamer is intended to make Finder clippings more useful and easier to use.  It has several available functions, selectable by holding down keys while dragging a selection to the Finder:

• Nothing.  This creates a clipping exactly the way the Finder does now.
• Invent Name/Icon.  This attempts to create a meaningful name from the clipping contents (for text) or assign a thumbnail icon (for pictures) instead of the generic clipping icon.
• Save as a file.  The clipping is converted to a text file (text or picture only).  Names and thumbnail icons work as usual.  You can select the file creator (SimpleText by default).
• Append.  Instead of creating a new text clipping or file, the data is appended to an existing one, with or without a descriptive label.  Any text/PICT file should work, not just ClippingNamer-created ones.
• Display the ClippingNamer dialog.  This allows you to examine both the Finder's and Name Clipping's proposed names (or type your own), and set all of ClippingNamer's options.  You can choose to always display this dialog for sounds or pictures (when ClippingNamer can't invent a name), or whenever your favorite keys are held down.

Sexton, Paul. (2000). Read Me. Electronic Document.

Download ClippingNamer for Mac

Architecture

68K + PPC (FAT)

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver