Open Automator and create a new workflow file (press Command-N or choose New from the File menu).
With the new service created, set it to act on files and folders in the Finder (1), and then add file renaming actions (2), followed by adjusting those actions' properties and previewing them in the Example area (3). In OS X you can set up a routine to batch-rename files using Apple's Automator program, where you can make a service plug-in that will offer you options to change names to collecitons of files. As an example of this, if you use the OS X compress feature (available when right-clicking a selection of files) to create a ZIP archive, the compressed file will simply be called "archive.zip," and be easy to confuse with other archives you might be managing however, you can overcome this by being able to quickly change the archive name to "Archive-DATE.zip." For instance, if you have a set of image files it may help to quickly append a date or sequential number to the file name to do so manually might take a while.Īt other times, you might wish to quickly append a time stamp or other similar attribute to a file name without having to manually edit the name. Often when managing collections of files in the OS X Finder, you may find that giving the files unique or patterned names may help in your organization.
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