Batch Rename Files on the Mac

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we're going to show you how to batch-change file names on the Mac. Let's say that we have a group of files and we want to add our name to the front of all of them.

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   We select all of the files to rename

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   Then, we right-click the highlighted list

   

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   We click "Rename Items..."

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   There are 27 items in this video.

   

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   We add our name in the front of all of these items by typing it into the text box

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   To the left of the text box, we click the drop-down menu to reveal a few options

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   The options are "Replace Text", "Add Text", and "Format".

   

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   For this tutorial, let's choose "Add Text"

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   We click the drop-down menu on the right side of the text box

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   We click whether the added text should go before or after the file name

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   Let's keep the default setting of "before name" by clicking away from the drop-down menu.

   

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   We click "Rename" on the bottom-right of this window

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   Now, the typed name has been added to the beginning of all of the selected items.

   

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That was how to batch-rename files using Finder on the Mac OS X. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the space below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!

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