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for Intel & Apple Silicon Macs, requires macOS 13 Ventura or macOS 14 Sonoma.

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Version 12.36

7th October 2026

The new version:

  • both regular expression actions now show a short message under the pattern field explaining why a pattern does not compile, such as an unmatched parenthesis or bracket, a trailing backslash or a quantifier with nothing to repeat
  • regular expression patterns are compiled once per preview rather than once per file, which speeds up previews over thousands of files

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • fixes the Replace regular expression action treating backslash escapes as capture groups since version 12.34: a backslash once again escapes the following character, so a substitution such as $1\0\0$2 inserts two zeros rather than the whole match twice
  • fixes tags in the tag library occasionally showing the wrong name after a second click on a selected row
  • in-app news windows now appear at most once every 180 days and no longer open blank

Version 12.35

23rd September 2026

The new version:

  • newly created Re-arrange using regular expression actions now use the modern regular expression engine by default; existing presets and droplets keep the engine they were saved with
  • the modern re-arrange action now requires the pattern to match the entire file name and builds the new name from the substitution alone, exactly as the legacy engine and the help describe
  • both modern regular expression actions accept \1 to \9 as aliases for $1 to $9
  • the preview table shows one capture group column per group in the pattern, keeps those columns at equal widths, and restores the previous column layout when leaving regular expression mode
  • adds support for the <CameraMake> and <CameraModel> tags for DJI videos (Osmo Action, Mavic and others), which store the camera model outside the standard metadata fields

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • the modern replace action now ignores zero-length matches, as the legacy action always did
  • fixes the <CameraModel> tag coming up empty for video files

This is the first version to require macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Version 12.34 remains available for macOS 13 Ventura and macOS 14 Sonoma.

Version 12.34

10th September 2026

The new version:

  • adds the <Dpi> image tag, giving the resolution of the image in dots per inch regardless of the unit the file stores it in
  • adds the <RetinaScale> image tag, which yields @1x, @2x or @3x for images whose resolution is a whole multiple of 72 dpi
  • image dimensions and resolution are now taken from the largest embedded image, so multi-page TIFFs and files with embedded thumbnails or previews no longer report the size of the wrong sub-image

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • fixes a typo in the trial limitation dialog

Version 12.33

26th August 2026

The new version:

  • adds Broadcast Wave start timecode tokens in three filename-safe formats: <BWFTimecode> (HH-MM-SS-FF), <BWFTimecode_HH_MM_SS_FF> and <BWFTimecode_HHMMSSFF>, converting the bext TimeReference to SMPTE timecode with correct drop-frame handling for 29.97 and 59.94 fps
  • adds the companion tokens <BWFTimecodeRate> (e.g. 23.976) and <BWFTimecodeFlag> (NDF/DF)
  • adds <BWFOriginalFilenameNoExtension>, the as-recorded original filename without its extension

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • fixes a one-frame timecode error for frame rates stored as truncated decimal values
  • the file info pane no longer lists legacy tag aliases

Version 12.32

12th August 2026

The new version:

  • adds support for renaming Broadcast Wave (BWF) audio files using their embedded metadata, with new tokens: <BWFOriginator>, <BWFCircled>, <BWFOriginalFilename> and <BWFTrackNames> (track & microphone names from iXML)
  • adds general audio metadata tokens <AudioFormat>, <AudioChannels> and <AudioBitDepth>, which also work for AIFF and QuickTime/MP4 files
  • renames the existing broadcast wave tokens to consistent <BWF…> names (<BWFScene>, <BWFTake>, <BWFTape>, <BWFNote>, <BWFProject>); existing presets using the old names continue to work
  • the Broadcast Wave origination date is now available for date-based renaming of WAV files

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • fixes reading of the originator field from Broadcast Wave files
  • adds German and French descriptions for the new audio tokens
  • preparations for compatibility with future macOS releases

Version 12.31

25th June 2026

The new version adds macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility and adds processing settings to the presets popup.

Version 12.30

21st May 2026

The new version fixes some issues with the French and German localizations.

Version 12.29

29th April 2026

The new version adds the exposure compensation tag for bracketing.

Version 12.27/8

14th April 2026

The new version makes extensive internal changes and adds the music genre tag.

Version 12.26

25th February 2026

The new version handles corrupted or incorrect meta-data tags more gracefully.

Version 12.25

24th February 2026

The new version fixes a problem with timezone information processing for shooting dates.

Version 12.24

17th February 2026

The new version improves support for the latest camera models.

Version 12.23

15th January 2026

The new version resolves minor visual issue in dark mode.

Version 12.22

17th December 2025

The new version adds safeguards against pasting multi-line text into text fields.

Version 12.21

3rd December 2025

The new version adds the option to ignore read-only volume checks, and fixes a minor bug in the new regular expressions library.

Version 12.20

27th November 2025

The new version improves the user experience by providing better guidance for a common cause of confusion.

Version 12.19

12th November 2025

The new release makes significant improvements in the regular expressions actions.

Version 12.18

29th October 2025

The new version fixes the advanced sentence case action.

Version 12.17

21st October 2025

The new version resolves a few minor drawing issues on macOS 26 Tahoe.

Version 12.16

9th October 2025

The new version adds support for reading meta-data in .hif image files.

Version 12.15

13th September 2025

The new version delivers macOS 26 compatibility.

Version 12.14

10th September 2025

The new version improves the highlighting for the change number action.

Version 12.13

12th June 2025

The new version speeds up meta-data extraction by about 50% and uses less than half the amount of memory. The new release also fixes minor drawing bugs.

Version 12.12

12th November 2024

The new version addresses a minor bug affecting the presets popup window in Sequoia.

Version 12.11

25th September 2024

The new version adds a new droplet setup help message for Sequoia.

Version 12.10

19th September 2024

The new version fixes a minor bug with the presets popup menu.

Version 12.09

15th August 2024

The new version:

  • fixes a problem with the droplet confirmation dialog triggered by a recent macOS point update
  • allows the last path component of a previewed item to be copied to the clipboard
  • increases the size of the regular expressions text fields to allow for more comfortable editing of complex regular expressions

Version 12.08

8th August 2024

The new version adds tags for file name and file extension.

Version 12.07

3rd July 2024

The new version features improved keyboard navigation via the tab and shift-tab keys.

Version 12.06

5th June 2024

The new version features improved keyboard navigation. The return key will now more consistently trigger the rename in all actions, and you can use the arrow up and down keys to change integer values.

Version 12.05

24th April 2024

The new version adds a new action that removes emoji from file names.

Version 12.04

29th November 2023

The new version now properly displays the command window in dark mode.

Version 12.03

13th November 2023

This new version fixes a few minor bugs.

Version 12.02

23rd October 2023

This version

  • fixes a bug affecting case conversions
  • fixes a bug affecting moving of actions within the action list
  • fixes a dark mode bug

Version 12.01

12th October 2023

This version makes a few post-launch improvements

  • improved upgrade message to reduce confusion when entering the new unlock code
  • smaller text in the presets table
  • many improvements to the French localization

Version 12.00 Final

11th October 2023

This is the first release of version 12 of A Better Finder Rename. You can get an overview of what is new.

Older versions

Release notes for earlier versions live on their own pages: version 11 (2021 to 2023), version 10 (2015 to 2021) and versions 6 to 9 (2003 to 2015). Overviews of what each major version added: version 12, version 11, version 10.