A Better Finder Rename
A Better Finder Rename
File, photo, and MP3 batch renamer.
A Better Finder Rename overview
A Better Finder Rename is the most complete renaming solution available on the market today. That's why, since 1996, tens of thousands of hobbyists, professionals and businesses depend on A Better Finder Rename to organize and maintain files.
The Instant Preview feature eliminates guesswork and costly errors and helps you find the right settings quickly and accurately by providing as-you-type feedback.
A Better Finder Rename offers a complete set of renaming options that are organized into 15 categories covering all the text, character, position, conversion and truncation features that you would expect from a file renamer, but it does not stop there. The multi-step renaming feature allows multiple renaming steps to be combined to deal with complex renaming jobs in a single operation. Unlike other tools, A Better Finder Rename allows any number of renaming actions to be combined, re-ordered, copied and deleted.
What’s new in version 11.61
Updated on Mar 02 2023
- The new version introduces a new web-based help system.
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License
Shareware
Size
12.9 MB
Developer’s website
https://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/index.htmlDownloads
450455
App requirements
- Intel 64
- Apple Silicon
- macOS 10.13 or later
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Jul 25 2023
Version: 11.61
Try this answer instead.
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/435565/find-and-rename-illegal-characters-with-mac-terminal/462459#462459
May 12 2021
Version: 11.32
I never use software whose name contains "Better"
Mar 29 2021
Version: 11.30
I will never use software whose name includes "a better"...
In fact, better than what ?
Jan 5 2021
Version: 11.26
this is now a universal binary app supporting Intel and Apple Silicon chips natively
Jul 20 2020
Version: 11.19
I'm trying to do a basic bulk find and replace using a spreadsheet but I can't get it to work. The spreadsheet has in column one the current name, column two has what I want column one to be replaced with.
Jul 20 2020
Version: 11.19
Can someone tell me how to use wildcards and a spreadsheet in this app?
Jan 7 2020
Version: 11.09
Great piece of program, the droplets are really handy and the ID3 music tag renaming possibility is very useful, too. Also the developer is super responsive, I mailed him a little bug yesterday and today it's already fixed. 5 Stars !!
Dec 4 2019
Version: 11.08
A faster, better file manipulation cannot be found. I use it so many times a day I have it in the toolbar. I manipulate sometimes 1000's of files each time I use this. I will admit in the early releases of the product, it was at times unreliable. Since then it has become a hardened tool that I fully trust.
Nov 27 2019
Version: 11.07
Have used this app for years. Simple when I need simplicity, powerful when I need power. I appreciate the developer's dedication to a quality product.
Nov 6 2019
Version: 11.04
I'm still trying to find a renaming task that this app wouldn't be able to handle. Haven't found any so far. The best renamer on Earth!
Sep 13 2019
Version: 10.45
Ridiculous that the "most helpful" review displayed at the top of the page is a 10 year old post by "Bluestar" complaining that ABFR is supposedly updated almost every day. This may have been true when it was posted in 2009 - but it's not the case in 2019 and is now irrelevant.
Jul 31 2019
Version: 10.44
The best file re-naming solution available for photographers, studios & anyone who works with large digital libraries. Highly recommended.
Jul 25 2019
Version: 10.43
I have been a registered user of File Buddy for a number of years now. Version 10 still works with Mojave, and there is a version 11 in the works, although the developer has been dragging his feet about it.
File Buddy is similar to ABFR and has a lot of great features and functions, some of which ABFR may not have. However, I would seriously consider switching to A Better Finder Rename if -- as other commenters note below -- it incorporated an undo option.
Sometimes we make mistakes, or perhaps change our minds about a naming change. When you are working with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of files, as I do, being able to undo a change on multiple files becomes very important. Developer, please consider implementing undo in ABFR. Thank you.
File Buddy is similar to ABFR and has a lot of great features and functions, some of which ABFR may not have. However, I would seriously consider switching to A Better Finder Rename if -- as other commenters note below -- it incorporated an undo option.
Sometimes we make mistakes, or perhaps change our minds about a naming change. When you are working with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of files, as I do, being able to undo a change on multiple files becomes very important. Developer, please consider implementing undo in ABFR. Thank you.
Jul 24 2019
Version: 10.43
It can do so much, it is amazing! It is the best one for renaming.
Apr 1 2019
Version: 10.40
BEWARE - there's still no undo function!
That's unconscionable in a seasoned app like this, and is vital!
Even Path Finder has that available for its renaming window, and renaming is just a secondary function, not its PRIMARY JOB!
That's unconscionable in a seasoned app like this, and is vital!
Even Path Finder has that available for its renaming window, and renaming is just a secondary function, not its PRIMARY JOB!
Oct 7 2018
Version: 10.34
My favorite tool to automate renames of pictures according to their EXIF data. I hate all those cloud or library „You shouldn’t know how we store your data“ solutions like Apples Photos and prefer to have them stored without overhead of GB wasted space. A Better Finder Rename helps there a lot renaming my photos according to EXIF data. This would be an app I really miss if it’s gone.
Sep 21 2018
Version: 10.33
Very useful and flexible. Works great ★★★★★.. Give it a test drive
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