A Better Finder Rename 8 Help

  A Better Finder Rename 8 Icon   List of all renaming actions and categories
 

A renaming action is simply a way of describing what you want the new file names to be.

A simple renaming action such as "Convert to uppercase" will simply take the current file name and make it uppercase, e.g.

"Current Name" -> "CURRENT NAME"

A Better Finder Rename offers a large variety of renaming actions, which are subdivided into categories:

Text

  • Add text to beginning
  • Add text to end
  • Insert text in front of existing text
  • Insert text after existing text
  • Insert text at position
  • Remove text from beginning
  • Remove text from end
  • Remove text
  • Replace text at beginning
  • Replace text at end
  • Replace text
  • Move text to front
  • Move text to end
  • Move text to position
  • Move text in front of existing text
  • Move text after existing text
Characters
  • Replace specific characters
  • Remove specific characters
  • Remove trailing spaces
  • Remove vowels
Positions & Ranges
  • Remove a given number of characters from beginning
  • Remove a given number of characters from end
  • Remove a range of characters
Conversions
  • Convert to lowercase
  • Convert to sentence case
  • Convert to title case
  • Convert to uppercase
  • Remove diacritical marks
  • Convert to valid Mac OS 9 file name
  • Make file names Windows NTFS/SMB compatible
Truncation
  • Truncate
  • Truncate to DOS 8.3 format
Sequence Numbers
  • Produce sequence number list
  • Add sequence number at beginning
  • Add sequence number to end
  • Change existing sequence numbers
  • Insert sequence number in front of existing text
  • Insert sequence number after existing text
  • Insert sequence number at position
  • Remove numbers
Roman Numerals
  • Produce roman numeral list
  • Add roman numeral at beginning
  • Add roman numeral to end
  • Insert roman numeral in front of existing text
  • Insert roman numeral after existing text
  • Insert roman numeral at position
Date & Time
  • Rename to date/time
  • Add date/time to beginning
  • Add date/time to end
  • Insert date/time in front of existing text
  • Insert date/time after existing text
  • Insert date/time at position
Alphabetical Sequences
  • Produce alphabetical list
  • Add alphabetical sequence at beginning
  • Add alphabetical sequence to end
  • Insert alphabetical sequence in front of existing text
  • Insert alphabetical sequence after existing text
  • Insert alphabetical sequence at position
Image Dimensions
  • Add image dimensions to end
  • Add image dimensions to beginning
  • Rename to image dimensions
  • Insert image dimensions in front of existing text
  • Insert image dimensions after existing text
  • Insert image dimensions at position
MP3/AAC Music
  • Add MP3/AAC tags to end
  • Add MP3/AAC tags to beginning
  • Rename music files using MP3/AAC tags
  • Insert MP3/AAC tags in front of existing text
  • Insert MP3/AAC tags after existing text
  • Insert MP3/AAC tags at position
Parent Folder Name
  • Add folder name to beginning
  • Add folder name to end
  • Insert folder name in front of existing text
  • Insert folder name after existing text
  • Insert folder name at position

Path Components
  • Add path components to beginning
  • Add path components to end
  • Insert path components in front of existing text
  • Insert path components after existing text
  • Insert path components at position

Advanced & Special
  • Rename from file list
  • Replace using regular expression
  • Re-arrange using regular expressions
  • Completely rename

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