This will keep the original file name but add some text before it or after it. Next mode for the tool, instead of doing Replace Text, you can switch to Add Text. So you can try things out and if you make a mistake you can Undo and then try again. So I can go to Edit, Undo or Command Z and I'll get all the original file names back. Even though I've changed the name on the files, one Undo will undo it all.

Now the first trick I want to show you is that you can easily Undo this. So I'll click Rename here and you can see it renames all the files. All the other files will be renamed as well. It's going to tell us that this will rename it to Document space A dot txt. It chooses the first file that's selected, in this case it was Info space A dot txt. Notice we have this example here that shows us what's going to happen. So in this case we're going to look for the word Info and replace it with Document. For this you're simply going to look for some text and replace it with something else. You'll have several different options First you'll have to decide which mode you're going to be in. Let's select it and we'll see the Rename tool come up. Batch Rename shows up right here but you have to have the items selected first. Now when I go to File instead of Rename it says Rename 4 items.

I'm going to hold the Shift key down and select the last item here so I select all these files. You'll see Rename but where's the Batch Rename Tool? Well, in order to see it you need selected multiple files. Now if you look for the Batch Rename Tool you're not going to find it right away. So I have a bunch files here with the word Info in them. This is the simplest example where I'm just going to change something in the name of a file. The functionality has been around for years but a lot of people still don't know it's there. So if you need to rename a group of files in the Finder you can do that using the Batch Rename Tool. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of supporters. Today let's take an in-depth look at using the Batch Rename Tool built into the macOS Finder. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out Step By Step: Using The Mac Batch Rename Tool at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.

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