Well, once you have a file or alias, this will work: tell application "System Events" to set name of myFile to newName But it looks like you have a string instead of a file or alias. If it's a Macintosh path, you can just use set myFile to (file pathName) if it's a POSIX path, you can use set myFile to (POSIX file pathName) On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Chuck Pelto <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sooooo..... > > ....since Jon's Commands no longer work under Snow Leopard.... > > ....how does one rename a file? I've tried numerous variations on what WAS > a simple activity but nothing seems to work. > > > Here's the latest of an hours worth of beating my head against the > monitor....only to leave slobber all over it.... > > set fileNameNew to (fileNameNew & mySuffix) as string -- new > name for file > > set filePath to (srcFolder & fileName) as string -- path to > file to be renamed > > set file name of file filePath to fileNameNew > -- Mark J. Reed <[log in to unmask]>