Comments on: OS X Workflow: Batch Editing - Renaming a Long List of Files

By: enlightenyou

enlightenyou — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:54:53 +0000

Save the action as an application then put it as a shortcut on the dock. Whenever you need to rename files inside a folder grab the folder and drop it on the application icon. Easy as that. Hope that helps. Automator is a great app. OS X Rocks!!!

By: Illys

Illys — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:23:57 +0000

Yaaay! … And NOW I finally start to learn to use automator. <3 Downloading apps is .. well, not as awesome or quick? I love you, Apple.

By: Wired Ink

Wired Ink — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:28:56 +0000

Thank you so much for that workflow!!!!
I work with a lot of photos and I always feel exhausted at the thought of changing the filenames for 500 photos manually…

By: Ian Miller

Ian Miller — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:27:33 +0000

I’ll second the NameChanger reccomendation for OS X, used it just this morning in fact :)

For WinXP I find FastStone is much better/easier to use/more intuitive and better looking than IrfanView (and has all the renaming options you could wish for). http://www.faststone.org/

If there was one application that I would use XP for it’s FastStone. (And no, I’m nothing to do with them, it just does everything you need from an image browser with minimal fuss.) I still can’t find an equivalent for OS X that’s anywhere near as good and am in the process of installing it under VM Fusion for that reason.

By: IN NEED OF FREEBIES

IN NEED OF FREEBIES — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:46:35 +0000

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By: web pixy

web pixy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:13:08 +0000

That’s an awesome application, thank you for sharing! You made my life much easier:)

By: pavlow vinelli

pavlow vinelli — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:42:53 +0000

i was searching sth like this thanks

By: peanut

peanut — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:46:17 +0000

yup run into this a lot. I take screenshots non-stop and when my desktop gets full of “Picture #.png” I have to put everything in yet another folder because all the previous screenshot folders would already have files with the same names. Luckily I recently found a way to change the default saved location for screenshots so now the all go into a sensible folder. “Picture -infinity-.png” :)

By: Gavin

Gavin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:52:52 +0000

I’ll throw one out there too, TheRename. You can use this one to change extensions to lower case as well. If I’m not actually doing something with images in PS this is what I like to use.

http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=1#t4

By: Jack Keller

Jack Keller — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:17:41 +0000

Name Mangler for sure, I used to use some other app for this but it was a tad on the buggy side.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:53:33 +0000

Saved a lot of heartache using this app the other day:
http://web.mac.com/mickeyroberson/MRR_Software/NameChanger.html

Excellent !

By: George

George — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:48:37 +0000

Thanks Bitt. Great article! Is there a way in automator to rename by creation date with nested counters?

By: kremalicious

kremalicious — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:59:34 +0000

Here’s an addition: You can use “Get selected Finder Items” instead of the first three actions. Then save the whole workflow as an plug-in for Finder et voila: batch renaming with a right-click (or ctrl + click) ! This is much easier than starting Automator every time you want to rename something quickly.

By: Andrew Champ

Andrew Champ — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:54:20 +0000

Den4b has a great light-weight naming program titled, “Renamer”. It’s easy to use and most of all is free. Everyone should check this out and his other freeware. Very cool.

http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer

By: FizzyPopMan

FizzyPopMan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:10:20 +0000

Okron:- there most certainly is…

http://www.irfanview.com/

This is freeware for non commercial use.
You can read about it here:-

http://lifehacker.com/345755/batch-resize-images-with-irfanview

By: BittBox

BittBox — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:50:48 +0000

Sweet. I’m always down for an easier way. Thanks for the link guys:)

~Bitt

By: Orkron

Orkron — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:48:28 +0000

now, is there an easy way in winXP? I’ve used photoshops automator tool but is there a way to do it without opening ps?

I do that a lot to rename digital cam images when I usually take 200 plus on any given day…

By: FizzyPopMan

FizzyPopMan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:50:27 +0000

Another great post (as always)… and with the greatest intentions (you’re such a helpful soul)… that said, I have to agree with the above posts… namemangler is probably an easier option for most. More info here:- http://lifehacker.com/392018/name-mangler-bulk-renames-files

By: Aaron Riddle

Aaron Riddle — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:04:46 +0000

I second with you Mike D. The Name Mangler app is pretty handy when needing to re-name multiple files (a little easier to work with than automator).

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:59:15 +0000

I like this method, but found a cool app that makes it even easier and can store all of your informaion in cool droplets to reuse all the time.

http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler/