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Filed under: Text, Utilities, Macintosh, Productivity

NameChanger - batch renaming made easy on OS X

Macby Jay Hathaway May 26th 2008

NameChanger
A lot of digital cameras are great for taking photos, but pretty shoddy for naming files. Sure, it's alright to have them listed by date and time -- at least that keeps them in order -- but we think it's a lot nicer to rename a batch of photos so you remember what they're actually of. That's where NameChanger comes in. It's a lightweight renaming app for OS X, with a focus on images.

NameChanger can append, prepend, replace, or rename all kinds of files with whatever input you give it, but it really shines when it comes to pictures. Drag a batch into the image browser, switch to sequence mode, and "DCP_16739" becomes "Hawaii01," or whatever you want it to be. Let NameChanger keep the numbers straight for you. And, at a tiny 1.9mb, you probably have pictures that take up more disk space than this useful little app.


Tags: images, NameChanger, os x, OsX, photos, rename, rename multiple files, RenameMultipleFiles

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Filed under: Windows, How-Tos

Rename multiple files at once in Windows XP

Windowsby Grant Robertson Feb 24th 2007


This is a really neat trick I never knew existed. Have a series of files with mis-matching names and want to put them in better order? It's mega-easy, just follow these simple directions.
  • Highlight the files you want to rename. (Use Ctrl or Shift to highlight multiple files at once)
  • Right-Click the first file in the series, click Rename.
  • Only the file you've right clicked will be highlighted. That's OK. Change the file name, the extension will be kept.
  • Hit the enter key to commit your change. Your files will be named "file (1).jpg", "file (2).jpg", etc..
Note: If you've turned on "View extensions for known file types", leave the file extension intact when you rename.

Tags: rename files, rename multiple files, RenameFiles, RenameMultipleFiles, tips

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