Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way that I can see to format the date and time. Places a date and time stamp before or after your filename. Similar to Name and Counter, but without the leading zeroes. You can start the number wherever you’d like. It puts a 5 digit counter after or before your filename.

You can choose base text for the filename (in my example below I put New File Name ), and you have three options: Name and Counter Formatįormat lets you rename with a specific format. Here you can see that I’ve added -TextAdded after the name, and in the example you can see that reflected. If you choose Add Text, it keeps the existing filename but allows you to put some text either before or after the filename. I almost always use Rename Text, but I’ll quickly show you what each does. On the left, you’ll see a dropdown list where you can choose three ways to rename: Rename Text, Add Text, and Format. Select your files/folders using Cmd or Shift and right-click. Every year, I copy it and rename it to the current year. In my case, I have a folder structure that starts with 20XX. In Finder, find the files or folders that you’d like to rename. There were some requests from readers to show how I go about doing this, so here we are. In a recent DocumentSnap newsletter, I shared how I use folder templates to make it easy to keep a consistent filing structure for things like yearly finance folders. There are tools you can buy to do bulk rename on the Mac, and these can be great for more complex jobs, but there may be no need to spend the money. Lucky for you, there’s a hidden feature of the Finder that lets you batch rename files – all built in to OS X.

Do you need to rename files on your Mac? If you have a bunch of files to rename, it can be a pain to do them one-by-one.

Osx batch rename files