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It comes down to preference and how in-depth your renaming needs to be. When it comes to renaming files, both methods accomplish the same thing. (Just click Label Finder Items in the middle column before running the workflow.) For instance, you can automatically add a label to all the renamed files, as well.

This method provides more settings for tweaking and more granularly changing the names of files in batches.

Before closing out of Automator, be sure to save the workflow for future purposes.

Click the play button in Automator to change the selected files.

In Finder or on your desktop, select the files you wish to rename.

You can leave or change the other settings.

Click the radio button beside new name and enter the desired name for the files.

What I use most often is Make Sequential.

In the first drop-down menu, there are several options for renaming the files.

A popup asking if you want to create copies of renamed files will appear.

Next, double-click Rename Finder Items.

In the middle column, double-click Get Selected Finder Items. Method 2: Right-click(right-click on Mac) the file/folder in Finder or the Desktop, and choose Rename on the drop-down menu, similarly, the current file name is.

In the leftmost column, click Files & Folders.

Start by opening Automator and selecting New Document and Workflow.

Rename photos using EXIF metadata (i.e.

Check the detailed preview before renaming: live preview while making changes.

Rename files in many ways: add, replace, add capture and other date, insert text into file names, Convert case, add numbers.

Convert file formats: convert image formats with a click.Rename multiple files quickly: according to many flexible criteria.

With Rename Photos you can construct new file names by adding, removing, replacing, changing case, or giving the file a brand new name based on known information about the file.īefore performing the operations on the files you can verify that the output will be correct and if you perform the rename and regret it, you can undo the complete batch. It is easy to set up a batch job using multiple methods on a large amount of files. By configuring renaming methods the names can be manipulated in various ways. ago Just adding to this: (Been there a while now) 23 ExternalUserError 10 mo. Select all the files, click Rename, select the method you want to use. Rename Photos is a program for renaming multiple files at once. MacOS has the ability to bulk rename based on several criteria, such as find-replace, etc.