When you need to rename several files (pictures, documents) simultaneously in a folder, this tutorial is definitely helpful, even if you have a computer Windows or mac (macOS).
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How do you rename a file on Macos or Windows
Renaming a single file (Rename File) is made relatively the same, both on macOS as well as on Windows.
All you have to do is click-right on the file you want to rename, then change the name very easily with the option “Rename” FROM Context Menu. MacOS users also have the option to select the file, then press “Return” and enter the new file name.
So far there is nothing spectacular, but things change when we need to rename hundreds of pictures, documents or other files in a folder. Let's select them one at a time and rename them would take care of them for some time. It is not a solution. The solution is to rename them all, simultaneously.
How do you rename multiple files simultaneously (photos, documents) – macOS / Windows
Let's take the scenario in which in a folder there are several hundred pictures from an event and you want to reduce them all by name of the event.
Renume multiple files simultaneously on Windows computers
1. Open the folder with files you want to rename.
2. Select all the pictures from the folder with the command: Ctrl + A (Select All), then press the key F2.
After pressing the key F2 The name of the name of a single picture appears actively.
3. Enter the new name, then press Enter. The new name will apply to all the selected pictures or documents in the respective folder.
Being impossible for two or more files in a folder to have the same name,A suffix will automatically be added automatically with order number.
This is the simplest way you rename more files simultaneously on Windows computers.
Renames several pictures simultaneously – macOS
In order to rename several pictures or documents from a folder on maccos operating systems simultaneously, the operation is a little more complex, due to the fact that several files are offered.
1. Select all the pictures or files you want to rename. Command + A (Select All Files).
2. Click-right on Trackapd or Mouse, and in the context you can find the option to rename all the selected files. Rename selected items.
3. After clicking on the option of Rename, a menu will open (Rename Finder Items) in which you have more renaming options of selected files.
Add Text – Option by which you can add characters before or by existing names (Where: before name / after name).
Replace Text – You can replace Common words from file names, with another word or words.
Format – This option gives us several variants of renaming the selected files.
We can choose that in the new name include the date on which it was renamed (name and data), numbering with the addition of name (Name and Counter) or Name and Index, option used by us in the example above.
4. You choose the new file for files and the Rename variant you want to use, then click the button “Rename“.
The files will be renamed according to the rules set by the user. These are the simplest methods by which you can rename multiple files simultaneously on maccos or windows operating systems.
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