I think file management is much easier in explorer. But you can't have everything, can you?
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The files were in "F:\Series\Day Break\" And I renamed the folder to "F:\Series\Day Break (on)\". No biggie, I thought.
In MC, all you would have needed to do is edit the filename field. MC would then have created the new folder, moved the files into it, offered to remove any empty directory left behind, and kept the library updated, all in a fraction of the time it's taken me to type this.
I know it's a 'horses for courses' kind of thing, and we do tend to stick with workflows that we're comfortable with. How about, next time you have a file operation to do with explorer, before doing it, take a few seconds to think about how you could do the same job using MC. I'm willing to bet you're mildly surprised at just how accomplished it has become at this stuff, and at how quick and simple it is. If you keep doing that, it won't be long before you're wondering why you used explorer for those jobs for so long
or maybe not, who knows
I'm not knocking your workflow, more advocating a side of MC that's often shunned or mis-trusted. I've made mistakes with rename jobs in the past, especially when I first started, but they're easy fixed with MC because the library is always in touch with the files. I've never lost a file to MC. Ever.
-marko.