One or more words can be added to the start or the end of the filename.
Search and replace in filenames is useful, but Add Text is a much simpler function.
You can therefore press Cmd+A to select all the files in a flnder window, but only change some of them using Replace Text. This really is a search and replace and if a selected file does not have the text in the Find box, it is not changed. In this example, Screen Shot is being replaced with Pic and an example is displayed in the bottom left corner so that you can check that it is what you want before proceeding to change all the files. There are several methods for renaming files and when Replace Text is selected in the menu in the top left corner, you can enter one or more words in the Find box and enter replacement text in the Replace with box. Press Command+A to select all the files in a folder, or click the first and Shift+click the last to select the files in between, or Command+click individual files to add them to the selection.Ĭtrl+click the first file in the list and select the Rename x Items option from the menu that is displayed. To see how the bulk rename facility works, open a Finder window on the desktop and select a group of files. It is very easy to use this feature and it is a good time saver. Select multiple files in Finderįortunately, macOS has had a great file renaming utility built right in to Finder for the last few versions. What about bulk renaming, search and replace in filenames? Yes, it does that too.Īt one time you had to use a third party file renaming utility if you had to rename more than half a dozen files, which is about the limit of most people’s patience, or write a complicated Automator script to do the renaming batch job. Renaming files in macOS has always been easy and you just select a file, press Enter and type in a new name.