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Batch Renamer

Can anyone recommend a good file renamer utility for OS X?

TOPICS: Mac OS X
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Chrome, you're in luck. Look...

Chrome, you're in luck. Look at /Library/Scripts/Finder Scripts/Add to File Names.scpt This allows prepend or append. So, you can batch rename by project. I assume your files are organized in folders for each project. If not, you need to move all the items you need to prepend the same text to into the same folder. Then run that script and it will ask you for the text and whether it should be a prefix or suffix. Prestomanifesto.

 
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