ABFR also makes it easier to remove characters by referencing existing text (for example, “the three zeroes that appear after IMG”), rather than just by position in the name. ABFR has options for removing vowels and trailing spaces, and though you could do the same in Name Mangler using regular expressions, ABFR makes it a bit easier. When replacing text in a bunch of file or folder names, ABFR lets you specify which instance of a given string (the first, second, third, and so on) you want to look for. For example, when naming files sequentially, ABFR lets you sort twice (say, by creation date then by name) Name Mangler offers only single-pass sorting. There are, however, some significant differences between the two programs. Like Name Mangler, ABFR lets you use regular expressions to find and replace text strings in filenames. More critically, both apps let you use regular expressions to find and replace text-a great tool for power users. And like Name Mangler, ABFR lets you create sequences of renaming actions, so you could, say, add a number to the front of the name and then replace a string of text at the end in one fell swoop.

Advanced (rename from a name list in a file replace or rearrange using regular expressions completely rename)Īlso, like Name Mangler, ABFR lets you create “droplets”-little mini-apps that perform particular saved sets of renaming actions whenever you drop files on them-as well as save renaming actions as presets for later use.

Tags (you choose from among a huge number of file, image, camera, and date metadata).

Path components (you specify how many levels of parent folders show up in the new name).Alphabetical sequences (add said sequences at the beginning or end, before or after existing text, or at a particular position).Sequencing (add some kind of sequential data, such as image1, image2, and so on, to file names to create the file order, you can sort by name, modification date, creation date, size, and other factors).Truncate (to a certain number of chars, or to the old 8.3 format).Conversions (convert to lowercase, uppercase, title case, sentence case, or camel case remove diacriticals convert to Mac OS 9 names make names Windows NTFS/SMB compatible).Character position and ranges (remove a number of characters from the beginning or end, or in a specific range).

Characters (replace or remove specified characters keep only specific characters remove trailing spaces remove vowels).Text (add or insert text at a specific spot in the original filename remove, replace, or move text).

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