Comments on: 2 Ways to Batch Rename Files in OS X

By: Austin Apartments

Austin Apartments — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:47:07 +0000

This is great information. Thx for the post. I've been using Name Changer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:10:06 +0000

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By: Brittanie Flegle

Brittanie Flegle — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:36:51 +0000

This was very helpful. I downloaded the free app. “Name Mangler” and was very impressed to see how fast I learned how to used it.

I had to export 60 Realty Austin agent e-signatures as Layer Comps from Photoshop, but PSD wouldn’t let me assign naming conventions to the comps. And Bridge wouldn’t let me batch rename by taking out the first 4 digits PSD had added after running the script “Layer Comps to Files.”

I don’t know if my workflow is perfect, so I could be doing something wrong…

But if I’m wrong, I’m so happy that Name Wrangler can undo my mistakes! Thanks for sharing. :)

By: Brittanie Flegle

Brittanie Flegle — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:36:00 +0000

This was very helpful. I downloaded the free app. “Name Mangler” and was very impressed to see how fast I learned how to used it.

I don’t know if my workflow is perfect, so I could be doing something wrong…

But if I’m wrong, I’m so happy that Name Wrangler can undo my mistakes! Thanks for sharing. :)

By: Brian Stanfill

Brian Stanfill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:19:29 +0000

“Date/Time- you can only add a date or a time stamp, but not both. The stamp can only be added at the beginning or end of the file name.”

To add a date AND time stanp, run the time stamp first and then repeat the action, specifying date. The following example will recursively modify video file names, even in sub directories, resulting in a YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS-FileName.ext name.

[Get specified Finder Items]

[Get Folder Content, with option: Repeat for each subfolder found]

[Get Specified Movies]

[Add Date or Time to Finder Item Names, with options: Created, Hour Minute Second, Before name, None, Dash, Use Leading Zeros]

[Add Date or Time to Finder Item Names, with options: Created, Year Month Day, Before name, None, Underscore, Use Leading Zeros]

By: Brian Stanfill

Brian Stanfill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:19:00 +0000

“Date/Time- you can only add a date or a time stamp, but not both. The stamp can only be added at the beginning or end of the file name.”

[Get specified Finder Items]

[Get Folder Content, with option: Repeat for each subfolder found]

[Get Specified Movies]

[Add Date or Time to Finder Item Names, with options: Created, Hour Minute Second, Before name, None, Dash, Use Leading Zeros]

[Add Date or Time to Finder Item Names, with options: Created, Year Month Day, Before name, None, Underscore, Use Leading Zeros]

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By: David

David — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:42:37 +0000

Thanks for the tips- The automator worflow worked like a charm for me in OSX 10.5.8.

Thank you! saved me alot of time.
David

By: David

David — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:42:00 +0000

Thanks for the tips- The automator worflow worked like a charm for me in OSX 10.5.8.

Thank you! saved me alot of time.
David

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:38:40 +0000

NameChanger 2.2.1 seems to be incompatible with Snow Leopard. The heart of the program (the pull-down option in the toolbar to specify which renaming function you desire) has a visual bug that prevents it from displaying. This leaves the critical area plain white.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:38:00 +0000

By: Dave Schweitzer

Dave Schweitzer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:05 +0000

I’ve been using NameChanger v1.3.
It’s a great freeware app that works in Panther, Tiger, and Leopard.
There’s a recent Leopard only version to get here:

http://tc.versiontracker.com/product/redir/lid/1540745/NameChanger-2_2_1.zip

By: Dave Schweitzer

Dave Schweitzer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0000

I’ve been using NameChanger v1.3.
It’s a great freeware app that works in Panther, Tiger, and Leopard.
There’s a recent Leopard only version to get here:

http://tc.versiontracker.com/product/redir/lid/1540745/NameChanger-2_2_1.zip

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Make Tech Easier - 5 Ways to Un-Minimize Finder Windows in OS X — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:19:47 +0000

[...] really want to put this issue to rest, Witch from ManyTricks (the same developers that brought you Name Mangler) is by far the best solution. Witch is like Command-Tab but for windows instead of applications, [...]

By: Lavenia

Lavenia — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:47:10 +0000

I use Renamerox for $9.95.
http://www.renamerox.branox.com

Very handy tool which works very fast and easy.

By: Lavenia

Lavenia — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:47:00 +0000

I use Renamerox for $9.95.
http://www.renamerox.branox.com

Very handy tool which works very fast and easy.

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Black Holes and Snowy Mountains» 2 Ways to Batch Rename Files in OS X — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:21:55 +0000

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By: Miles

Miles — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:56:07 +0000

Hi Kjetil,
I considered Renamer4Mac, but the cost of $26 for a license is a bit too high.

By: Miles

Miles — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:56:00 +0000

Hi Kjetil,
I considered Renamer4Mac, but the cost of $26 for a license is a bit too high.

By: Kjetil

Kjetil — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:24:32 +0000

Nice tip
I just want to add in that also Renamer4Mac is well worth a try. At least I have been using this freeware for a long time – well, I see now that it has become shareware Anyway: renamer4mac.com.
Kjetil