Renaming files in OS X is as easy as selecting them and pressing Return; however, if you regularly rename many files then you might benefit from setting up a rename workflow in Automator. Topher ...

One of OS X 10.10 Yosemite’s most useful new features — batch renaming in the Finder — has gone largely overlooked in the weeks since its release. In the past, you had to use a third-party utility, ...

If you ever find yourself needing to rename several files at once, Mac OS comes with several inbuilt options for getting the job done. Taylor Martin has covered technology online for over six years.

When I was preparing inline graphics—the little images embedded in a line of text—for my Take Control of Numbers book, I was almost finished when I remembered that the filenames needed to adhere to a ...

File Renamer allows you to rename batches of files all at once by specifying a rule and clicking a button. If you have a lot of badly named files on your PC, renaming them is extremely tedious, to say ...

There’s nothing like staring down the barrel of multiple files you know you’ll have to rename. Sure, there are batch file naming utilities in the App store — and I’ve used most of them — but until ...

Mac: Yosemite has a bunch of cool hidden features and iDownloadBlog points to another nice little feature in a new batch renamer. All you need to do is select a group of files, right-click, and select ...

As fancy as Leopard's new Finder may (or may not) be, Apple arguably dropped the ball when it comes to features for power users. Cover Flow, Quick Look, and effortless networking are all awesome, but ...

Hi all, I have a unique problem which my lack of logic skills has me flummoxed with.<BR><BR>I have a script that spits out files...<BR><BR>file0.pdf<BR>file1.pdf<BR>file2.pdf<BR>file3.pdf<BR><BR>and ...

A reader who wishes to remain anonymous would prefer to forego some busy work. He writes: I’ve been working on a project for a couple of months where I created a few hundred files using this naming ...