Rename hundreds of files, photos and music tracks in one go, and see every new name before anything changes.
Version 12.36 for macOS 15 to 27 on Intel and Apple silicon, older versions available. The trial renames 10 files at a time, no sign-up. One-time purchase, 60-day money-back guarantee.
Sort by the camera's capture time, then number. Bursts shot in the same second stay in sequence instead of collapsing into "1, 2".
Guide: rename photos with sequence numbers →Read the date, camera and lens straight from any RAW, JPEG or HEIC, time zone included, and build the name you want from them.
Guide: rename photos by date taken →Paste a column of new names, or a two-column list of old and new. One rename, every file where it belongs.
Guide: rename files from a spreadsheet →Stack actions, filter by file type so RAW and JPEG are treated differently, and check the preview before anything is touched.
Guide: batch rename files on a Mac →For a prefix on five files, Finder's Rename is fine. A Better Finder Rename is for the folder with two thousand files, the archive that must sort correctly in ten years, and the client delivery that goes out once.
From the Finder, a droplet, or a Quick Action. Subfolders included if you want them. Hundreds of thousands of files are fine.
Fifteen categories cover text, numbers, dates, metadata, case, regular expressions and more. Save a stack as a preset for next time.
Every change is highlighted as you type: additions in blue, deletions struck through in red. Name conflicts are resolved for you, and a log of old and new names can be saved.
EXIF date and time, sequence numbers, night mode for events, and every major RAW format: ARW, CR2, CR3, NEF, RAF, ORF, DNG, HEIC and more.
Artist, album, track and title from ID3 and other tags, in MP3, AAC, FLAC, OGG and Apple Music files.
Photo, video, document, camera, lens and location metadata, read directly and combined into any naming scheme, time zones included.
Combine actions, apply different steps to different file types, and keep your go-to setups as presets, droplets or a drag onto the app icon.
Regular expressions with capture groups, names from a CSV or spreadsheet, Windows-safe names, file pairing for sidecars, and a saved rename log.
Tested on 300,000-file batches. Conflicts resolved in date order so burst photos stay sequential. Broadcast Wave scene and take numbers for audio.
Pick the date and time format, choose the capture date as the source, and the preview shows two hundred and forty files renamed to the second they were taken. Add a sequence number, a client name or a location tag in the same pass.
The Mac benchmark for batch renaming since 1996.
Image renaming software that everyone should have.
One-time payment. 60-day money-back guarantee. Bundle pricing with the Zen File Management Bundle at checkout.
Everything. The only restriction is that each rename changes the first 10 file names. Buy a licence, paste the unlock code, and the limit is gone. No account, no credit card, no time limit.
No. The web store sells a one-time licence with free updates for the whole of version 12. The Mac App Store sells the same program as Better Rename with a subscription; the two licences are not interchangeable.
Version 12.36 runs on macOS 15 Sequoia to macOS 27 Golden Gate, on Intel and Apple silicon. Version 12.34 is available for Ventura and Sonoma, and 12.14 for Catalina to Sequoia, all with the same licence. The download page also has older versions all the way back to classic Mac OS.
A single-user licence is for one named person on as many Macs as they like, but not for the other people using those Macs. A family licence covers everyone who shares one or more Macs at home. Small business, business and enterprise licences cover larger commercial teams. Every tier can be bought as a Forever licence.
Try it first; the trial has every feature. If you buy and change your mind, there is a 60-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.
Every genuine copy is served by publicspace.net, code-signed “Developer ID Application: Frank Reiff (7Y9KW4ND8W)” and notarized by Apple. macOS checks the signature when you first launch it. If you got the app anywhere else, download it again from here.
Free trial, full feature set, 10 files per rename until you unlock it.
A Better Finder Rename