Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The mundane act of changing a computer file’s name seems so simple ...

At some point in time, a lot of us might have come across a situation where we find the need to rename multiple files at once. Be it images, videos, apps, or even PDFs, renaming every single file ...

When you create a new folder, you don't always get the name right the first time. Sometimes project names change or the way you refer to a project or client changes. Fortunately, you can always rename ...

I work with a lot of content. Between my writing-heavy day job, freelance side hustle as a lifestyle journalist, and amateur photography hobby, I handle a lot of files. Word docs, JPGs, PDFs, PNGs — ...

Microsoft has dropped a brand-new open-source Windows 10 PowerToy, and it’s just as fun and useful as the other two. This new addition, “PowerRename,” gives you a simple method for batch-renaming ...

Most of us end up having a bunch of unordered and badly named files. Renaming each of them one by one is a difficult task. But to make your task easier, there are quite a few batch file renaming ...

Renaming multiple files can be a tedious process when doing so manually, but the Finder in OS X can make it easier to rename a batch of files at once on your Mac. Instead of relying on a third party ...

Renaming files in OS X is as easy as selecting them and pressing Return; however, if you regularly rename many files then you might benefit from setting up a rename workflow in Automator. Topher ...

Windows Vista/7: The next time you have a bunch of files to rename, don't hit enter after renaming the first file. Instead, hit tab to quickly highlight the next filename. Hitting F2 will also rename ...

Q I have a large group of files, all with different names, that relate to one subject. I’d like to rename all of them with the same name, but I also want to give them individual identifiers—such as ...