Select ‘Add Text’ in the Rename Finder Items box. With the ‘Add Text’ option, you can add text to the existing file name as a prefix or suffix. Option 2: Rename Finder Items with Add Text Similarly, in the box beside ‘Replace with’, enter the ‘name/text that you want to replace the existing name with’, and hit Rename.
Now, enter the part of the name that you want to ‘find and replace with another text’, and enter it in the input box next to Find. Select ‘Replace Text’ in the Rename Finder Items box. For instance, if you have multiple images that contain some random gibberish like ‘DSC’ in the name, you can find and replace them with the name you want you using this option. The ‘Replace Text’ option comes in handy when you want to find and replace a portion of the existing file name. Option 1: Rename Finder Items with Replace Text So let’s see when and how to use these options. Now, in the Rename Finder Items box, you will be greeted with three different options: ‘Replace Text’, ‘Add Text’, and ‘Format’, each serving a different purpose. You can do this using control + click, a two-finger tap on the trackpad, or clicking the actions button with a gear icon on the top menu. Hit shift + click or command + a to select all files. Launch the Finder app and locate the files that you want to rename. With OS X Yosemite, Apple introduced a new built-in tool in Finder, which allows you to rename multiple files at once. So, let’s dive in and look at these methods. Luckily, macOS offers two different options that allow you to rename multiple files at once. Be it images, videos, apps, or even PDFs, renaming every single file individually is a pretty daunting task.
So if you type “IMG” into the Find field and “Wedding” into the Replace with box, it’ll swap the two and you’ll get something like “Wedding_2002.” Just note that this function works exactly as promised, so if you selected a file called, say, “T imGrant” among your “IMG” files, you’ll rename that as “T Weddingrant.At some point in time, a lot of us might have come across a situation where we find the need to rename multiple files at once. This option gives you the opportunity to find a string of characters in your file names and replace them with anything else. If your original files were named something like “IMG_2002,” adding “Wedding” would result in either “WeddingIMG_2002” or “IMG_2002Wedding.” Replace TextĪ step up from adding text is Replace Text. As you type, a preview of what your file names will look like will appear in the bottom left of the dialog box (true for the other two options as well). It offers a single text box where you can type anything and tack it to the beginning or end of the existing selected file names via a drop-down menu to the right of the entry field.
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