File rename

tothomas · 10-26-2003, 11:52 AM

Perhaps the only thing I still use Windows for is the feature of an app I have that will automatically allow me to rename files sequentially. When importing digital pictures the file names are not descriptive. I want to make them something like this:

DanBday03_01.jpg

where its the name of my son, the event, the year and then the photo number so next would 02 and so on.

I have searched high and low for this functionality and I cannot find it for the MAC so I just upgraded to Panther and thought I would post to see if anyone had any ideas or suggestions.

Thanks.

hayne · 10-26-2003, 12:04 PM

The shareware "Graphic Converter" (http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/index.htm) has a feature that allows you to do this sort of renaming.

Otherwise, have look at the various renaming programs available - e.g. "Better Finder Rename" is one that I have heard of but haven't tried. There are also various scripts that allow the sort of batch reanaming you want - check the main macosxhints site as there might have been an article there about this sort of thing.

petey · 10-26-2003, 12:11 PM

i'm a happy customer of A Better Finder Rename.

yellow · 10-26-2003, 12:59 PM

Bitcom's Xsee has this functionality built into it..

tothomas · 10-26-2003, 08:00 PM

Folks I tried all of the suggestions and I have settled on Graphic Converter because only it does the batch rename that I am looking to get accomplished, yes the others offered renaming but not in a batch mode where the source file name was irrelevant. Thanks for the replies and suggestions!

10-26-2003, 11:52 AM	#1
tothomas Prospect Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NC Posts: 34	File rename Perhaps the only thing I still use Windows for is the feature of an app I have that will automatically allow me to rename files sequentially. When importing digital pictures the file names are not descriptive. I want to make them something like this: DanBday03_01.jpg where its the name of my son, the event, the year and then the photo number so next would 02 and so on. I have searched high and low for this functionality and I cannot find it for the MAC so I just upgraded to Panther and thought I would post to see if anyone had any ideas or suggestions. Thanks.

10-26-2003, 12:04 PM	#2
hayne Site Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 32,473	The shareware "Graphic Converter" (http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/index.htm) has a feature that allows you to do this sort of renaming. Otherwise, have look at the various renaming programs available - e.g. "Better Finder Rename" is one that I have heard of but haven't tried. There are also various scripts that allow the sort of batch reanaming you want - check the main macosxhints site as there might have been an article there about this sort of thing.

10-26-2003, 12:11 PM	#3
petey All Star Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: peteyville Posts: 794	i'm a happy customer of A Better Finder Rename.

10-26-2003, 12:59 PM	#4
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	Bitcom's Xsee has this functionality built into it..

10-26-2003, 08:00 PM	#5
tothomas Prospect Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NC Posts: 34	Folks I tried all of the suggestions and I have settled on Graphic Converter because only it does the batch rename that I am looking to get accomplished, yes the others offered renaming but not in a batch mode where the source file name was irrelevant. Thanks for the replies and suggestions!