I wish I had known “How to rename multiple files at once on Mac | iMore” ages ago
Posted by jpluimers on 2022/01/04
Coming from a Windows and Linux background, I was used that mass renaming files was a non-stock feature and getting it right usually a pain in the butt.
How glad I was to find out [Wayback] How to rename multiple files at once on Mac | iMore
Believe it or not, it used to be a real pain to batch-rename files on Mac. Times have changed and so have the names of those 15 files.
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Prior to OS X Yosemite, there was no simple way to rename multiple files at the same time on the Mac. Some people set up Automator rules. Others tried workarounds to rename files in third-party apps. Finally, Apple realized our heartache and created a much simpler way to rename multiple files at once, and it’s only gotten easier as macOS updates continue. Here’s how to batch-rename files on your Mac.
The only mass-rename I regularly need is fixing typos or OCR errors in filenames: this means replacing certain text with another piece of text.
That’s this easy:
- Select the files
- Under the gear icon, select “Rename # items…”
- In the dialog, ensure “Replace Text” is selected
Select “Replace Text”
- Fill the fields “Find” and “Replace” with (and observe that “Example” will contain the new name of one of the files)
Fill “Find” and “Replace with”
- Click the “Rename” button
- Done
–jeroen
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