About BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer
THE MOST POWERFUL BATCH FILE RENAMING APP FOR MAC AND IOS. BatchRename transforms hours of manual file renaming into seconds. Our intuitive interface makes bulk renaming effortless. Whether you're a photographer...
THE MOST POWERFUL BATCH FILE RENAMING APP FOR MAC AND IOS. BatchRename transforms hours of manual file renaming into seconds. Our intuitive interface makes bulk renaming effortless. Whether you're a photographer organizing RAW files, a musician tagging an album library, a developer cleaning up project assets, or anyone who works with files - BatchRename handles it all. WHY BATCHRENAME? BatchRename 3.9 is built from the ground up using native SwiftUI. Manual renaming is slow, error-prone, and painful - BatchRename gives you a live preview before you commit, an interactive Undo History to safely roll back changes, and a powerful rule engine that handles any renaming scenario imaginable. POWERFUL RENAMING METHODS 21 BUILT-IN METHODS - Sanitize - clean illegal characters for Windows/Cloud, Web-Safe slugs, POSIX, and strip symbols - Remove Accents - normalize accented characters into clean ASCII or strip diacritics - Insert - add text at any position, before/after keywords - Replace - find and replace text in file names - Remove - strip characters, prefixes, suffixes, or ranges - Truncate - limit file name length precisely - Case - UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, camelCase - Series - sequential numbering, date sequences - Date/Time - rename by file creation, modification, or EXIF date - Metadata Tags - embed EXIF, ID3, video, PDF data directly into names PRO: SMART RENAMING - Full regular expression support for precise pattern matching - Formula engine: write powerful templates with variables and functions Example: {photo:Model}_{Date YYYY-MM-DD} → iPhone15Pro_2024-06-15.jpg Example: {music:Artist} - {music:Album} - {music:Title} → Artist - Album - Title.mp3 - Dynamic Subfolders: Use formulas with forward slashes (/) to auto-organize files into nested folders PRO: METADATA TAGS - Photo EXIF: 60+ tags including Camera model, lens specs, shutter, aperture, ISO, GPS, DPI, and Color Space - Music ID3/iTunes: Artist, album, title, track number, year, genre, BPM, and more - Video metadata: Duration, resolution, codec, bitrate, frame rate - PDF properties: Title, author, subject, keywords, creation date - File system: Size, creation date, modification date, extension, permissions PRO: ENCODE & ENCRYPT - File integrity: MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 hashing appended to names - AES-256 encryption and decryption of file names - Useful for secure archiving and verification workflows RULE STUDIO - 128 professional template stacks, one-click apply - Categories: Photography, Music, Video, Documents, Development, Formatting - Live preview of before → after names before you commit - Build your own templates, save as Favorites - Preset Sharing: Export and import .renamepreset files to share your custom rules across devices LIVE PREVIEW & SAFETY - Real-time diff highlighting - see exactly what changes - Apply only when you're ready - Dedicated Undo History toolbar menu - rollback specific past rename actions safely - Confirmation dialog before renaming - Detailed error logging if any files fail INSPECTOR PANEL - Instantly view EXIF, ID3, video, PDF metadata for any selected file - Quick Actions: copy name, reveal in Finder, rename single file - Quick Preview thumbnail SEAMLESS SYSTEM INTEGRATION - System Integration: Drag & drop files onto the app icon or use 'Open With' in Finder / Files app - Universal Purchase: Buy once, unlock forever on Mac, iPhone, and iPad! PRIVACY FIRST - 100% local processing - your files never leave your device - No cloud, no analytics, no tracking - No internet connection required - GDPR compliant
Version History Version 3.9: - Universal Companion & Sidecar Pairing: Automatically synchronize renamed base names across RAW+JPEG photo pairs, Live Photos (.HEIC + .MOV), subtitle files (.srt/.vtt), lyrics (.lrc), and metadata sidecars (.xmp/.json). - Cross-Platform Filename Sanitization: Clean filenames with one click using Windows/Cloud (OneDrive/FAT/NTFS safe), Web-Safe URL slug, and POSIX portable standards. - Diacritics & Accent Normalization: Strip diacritics or transliterate accented characters into clean ASCII equivalents (e.g., é → e, ü → ue). - 255-Byte Filesystem Limit Safeguards: Real-time visual warning badges and length counter preventing filesystem write errors on APFS/exFAT. - EXIF Timestamp Sync: Option to synchronize file creation and modification timestamps to genuine EXIF photo capture dates. - Fast Multi-Line Clipboard Ingestion: Quickly paste CSV mappings or newline lists directly into mapping rules. - 128 Pro Rule Studio Presets: Comprehensive template library with IPTC 2025 AI provenance attribution, music tag strippers, web slugs, and photo studio presets. 3.9 1d ago - Direct Photos Library Ingestion: Import photos and videos directly from Apple Photos (PhotosPicker), preserving original filenames and 100% EXIF, GPS, camera, and lens metadata. - Live Photo Synchronization (.HEIC + .MOV): Automatic base-name pairing ensures companion motion video clips match your renamed photos, with authentic Live Photo export to Apple Photos. - Batch Media Type Filters: Filter loaded files instantly by Photos, Videos, Audio, Documents, or All, with dynamic real-time file count badges across macOS and iOS. - iOS File List Context Menu: Long-press any file in the batch to Reveal in Files, Share, Save to Photos, view Inspector metadata details, or Remove from batch. - 119 Pro Rule Studio Presets: Expanded template library with specialized camera presets including Camera + Lens Stamp, Album Chronological Clean, and Resolution/Dimensions. - Productivity Suite & UX Refinements: Floating quick action controls to expand/collapse productivity tools, refined responsive layouts, and rock-solid Swift 6 concurrency. 3.8 Sep 14 - Visual Formula Token Picker & Editor: Build complex renaming patterns effortlessly with cursor-aware caret insertion, live hover preview banner, search filtering, and 10 organized token categories. - 115+ Pro Rule Studio Templates & Smart Organizers: New one-click templates for Music folder hierarchy (Artist/Album), Photo date subfolders (YYYY/MM/DD), Video 4K/FPS stamps, PDF Author/Year archiving, and Invoice filing. - On-Device AI Tagging Engine: Native SoundAnalysis audio scene classification, Vision object detection, and multi-language PDF OCR metadata extraction. - Enhanced Video & Audio Stream Extraction: Advanced detection for Video Codecs, Audio Codecs, dimensions, bitrates, and BPM across 20+ containers. - Engine Performance & Formatting: Optimized real-time preview computation and metadata formatting across 128+ multimedia and document formats. 3.7 Sep 9 - Roman & Alphabetical Series: Number files with classical Roman numerals (I, II, III... / i, ii, iii...) or spreadsheet-style alphabetical lettering (A, B, C... / a, b, c...). - Quick Regex Snippet Picker: 1-click insertion for common regex patterns (digits, leading zeros, dates YYYY-MM-DD, bracketed content, and whitespace cleanup). - Metadata Pre-Sorting: Sort files by camera capture date (EXIF Date Taken) and numeric audio track order before applying series numbering. - Preset Quick Share & AirDrop: Right-click any template in Rule Studio to instantly export or AirDrop standalone .renamepreset files, or toggle Favorites. - Parent Folder Formulas: Added [%ParentFolder%] and [%ParentDirectory%] variables to include containing folder names in renamed files. - Refined UI & Performance: Polished interactive user manual and 100% complete multi-language localizations across all supported languages. 3.6 Aug 26 - New: 10 High-Value Renaming Templates - Expanded Rule Studio with 10 powerful new presets including Kebab-Case, PascalCase, YouTube/Podcast Episode, Timestamped Screen Recording, Subfolder Photo Year/Month Organizers, and Short Hash Anonymizer (90+ templates total). - Redesigned Rename & Undo History: Powerful master-detail interface with search filtering, selective rollback for any historical batch, single-record deletion, and direct Finder reveal. - Apple Shortcuts & App Intents: Seamlessly automate batch renaming from macOS and iOS Shortcuts app with template support. - Streamlined Rule Builder: Compact single-line control layout for higher workspace density and faster rule composition. - Enhanced Safety Controls: Added customizable confirmation prompts before clearing rules or file lists. - Polished Toolbar: Full overflow menu support on compact windows and refined multi-language localizations across all 8 languages. 3.5 Aug 19 - New: Vision AI Auto-Renaming - Say goodbye to manual typing! Our new intelligent on-device AI uses advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Natural Language Processing to instantly scan images and PDFs, extracting meaningful names, dates, keywords, and amounts from messy text to generate perfect file names automatically. Completely private and lightning-fast—no internet connection required. - New: Multi-Language Support - Fully localized in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Traditional Chinese. 3.4 Aug 10 - New: Regex Capture Group Substitution - Full support for `$1`, `$2`, `$3` capture variables in Replace rule mode for advanced pattern transformation. - New: Duplicate File Mode - Added a user setting to create renamed copies of files instead of overwriting existing files in-place. - Improved: Folder Permission Handling - Automatic pre-flight permission checks with interactive folder prompts on iOS and macOS when security access is missing. - Improved: Transactional Undo Safety - Refactored undo history rollback to ensure history items are preserved if a file revert operation fails. - Fixed: Cross-Platform Security Scopes - Fixed thread-local security-scoped resource access and bookmark persistence across launches. - Fixed: Layout & UI Stability - Resolved geometry layout constraint warnings and fixed non-finite frame dimension calculation edge cases. 3.2 Jul 23 3.1 Jul 1
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer since it was posted on our website on 2026-08-03 00:47:23.
The latest version is 3.9 and it was updated on 2026-10-14 10:11:24. See below the changes in each version.
BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer version 3.9
Updated At: 2026-10-14
Changes: Version History Version 3.9:
- Universal Companion & Sidecar Pairing: Automatically synchronize renamed base names across RAW+JPEG photo pairs, Live Photos (.HEIC + .MOV), subtitle files (.srt/.vtt), lyrics (.lrc), and metadata sidecars (.xmp/.json).
- Cross-Platform Filename Sanitization: Clean filenames with one click using Windows/Cloud (OneDrive/FAT/NTFS safe), Web-Safe URL slug, and POSIX portable standards.
- Diacritics & Accent Normalization: Strip diacritics or transliterate accented characters into clean ASCII equivalents (e.g., é → e, ü → ue).
- 255-Byte Filesystem Limit Safeguards: Real-time visual warning badges and length counter preventing filesystem write errors on APFS/exFAT.
- EXIF Timestamp Sync: Option to synchronize file creation and modification timestamps to genuine EXIF photo capture dates.
- Fast Multi-Line Clipboard Ingestion: Quickly paste CSV mappings or newline lists directly into mapping rules.
- 128 Pro Rule Studio Presets: Comprehensive template library with IPTC 2025 AI provenance attribution, music tag strippers, web slugs, and photo studio presets. 3.9 1d ago - Direct Photos Library Ingestion: Import photos and videos directly from Apple Photos (PhotosPicker), preserving original filenames and 100% EXIF, GPS, camera, and lens metadata.
- Live Photo Synchronization (.HEIC + .MOV): Automatic base-name pairing ensures companion motion video clips match your renamed photos, with authentic Live Photo export to Apple Photos.
- Batch Media Type Filters: Filter loaded files instantly by Photos, Videos, Audio, Documents, or All, with dynamic real-time file count badges across macOS and iOS.
- iOS File List Context Menu: Long-press any file in the batch to Reveal in Files, Share, Save to Photos, view Inspector metadata details, or Remove from batch.
- 119 Pro Rule Studio Presets: Expanded template library with specialized camera presets including Camera + Lens Stamp, Album Chronological Clean, and Resolution/Dimensions.
- Productivity Suite & UX Refinements: Floating quick action controls to expand/collapse productivity tools, refined responsive layouts, and rock-solid Swift 6 concurrency. 3.8 Sep 14 - Visual Formula Token Picker & Editor: Build complex renaming patterns effortlessly with cursor-aware caret insertion, live hover preview banner, search filtering, and 10 organized token categories.
- 115+ Pro Rule Studio Templates & Smart Organizers: New one-click templates for Music folder hierarchy (Artist/Album), Photo date subfolders (YYYY/MM/DD), Video 4K/FPS stamps, PDF Author/Year archiving, and Invoice filing.
- On-Device AI Tagging Engine: Native SoundAnalysis audio scene classification, Vision object detection, and multi-language PDF OCR metadata extraction.
- Enhanced Video & Audio Stream Extraction: Advanced detection for Video Codecs, Audio Codecs, dimensions, bitrates, and BPM across 20+ containers.
- Engine Performance & Formatting: Optimized real-time preview computation and metadata formatting across 128+ multimedia and document formats. 3.7 Sep 9 - Roman & Alphabetical Series: Number files with classical Roman numerals (I, II, III... / i, ii, iii...) or spreadsheet-style alphabetical lettering (A, B, C... / a, b, c...).
- Quick Regex Snippet Picker: 1-click insertion for common regex patterns (digits, leading zeros, dates YYYY-MM-DD, bracketed content, and whitespace cleanup).
- Metadata Pre-Sorting: Sort files by camera capture date (EXIF Date Taken) and numeric audio track order before applying series numbering.
- Preset Quick Share & AirDrop: Right-click any template in Rule Studio to instantly export or AirDrop standalone .renamepreset files, or toggle Favorites.
- Parent Folder Formulas: Added [%ParentFolder%] and [%ParentDirectory%] variables to include containing folder names in renamed files.
- Refined UI & Performance: Polished interactive user manual and 100% complete multi-language localizations across all supported languages. 3.6 Aug 26 - New: 10 High-Value Renaming Templates - Expanded Rule Studio with 10 powerful new presets including Kebab-Case, PascalCase, YouTube/Podcast Episode, Timestamped Screen Recording, Subfolder Photo Year/Month Organizers, and Short Hash Anonymizer (90+ templates total).
- Redesigned Rename & Undo History: Powerful master-detail interface with search filtering, selective rollback for any historical batch, single-record deletion, and direct Finder reveal.
- Apple Shortcuts & App Intents: Seamlessly automate batch renaming from macOS and iOS Shortcuts app with template support.
- Streamlined Rule Builder: Compact single-line control layout for higher workspace density and faster rule composition.
- Enhanced Safety Controls: Added customizable confirmation prompts before clearing rules or file lists.
- Polished Toolbar: Full overflow menu support on compact windows and refined multi-language localizations across all 8 languages. 3.5 Aug 19 - New: Vision AI Auto-Renaming - Say goodbye to manual typing! Our new intelligent on-device AI uses advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Natural Language Processing to instantly scan images and PDFs, extracting meaningful names, dates, keywords, and amounts from messy text to generate perfect file names automatically. Completely private and lightning-fast—no internet connection required.
- New: Multi-Language Support - Fully localized in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Traditional Chinese. 3.4 Aug 10 - New: Regex Capture Group Substitution - Full support for `$1`, `$2`, `$3` capture variables in Replace rule mode for advanced pattern transformation.
- New: Duplicate File Mode - Added a user setting to create renamed copies of files instead of overwriting existing files in-place.
- Improved: Folder Permission Handling - Automatic pre-flight permission checks with interactive folder prompts on iOS and macOS when security access is missing.
- Improved: Transactional Undo Safety - Refactored undo history rollback to ensure history items are preserved if a file revert operation fails.
- Fixed: Cross-Platform Security Scopes - Fixed thread-local security-scoped resource access and bookmark persistence across launches.
- Fixed: Layout & UI Stability - Resolved geometry layout constraint warnings and fixed non-finite frame dimension calculation edge cases. 3.2 Jul 23 3.1 Jul 1
BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer version 3.8
Updated At: 2026-10-06
Changes: Version History - Direct Photos Library Ingestion: Import photos and videos directly from Apple Photos (PhotosPicker), preserving original filenames and 100% EXIF, GPS, camera, and lens metadata.
- Live Photo Synchronization (.HEIC + .MOV): Automatic base-name pairing ensures companion motion video clips match your renamed photos, with authentic Live Photo export to Apple Photos.
- Batch Media Type Filters: Filter loaded files instantly by Photos, Videos, Audio, Documents, or All, with dynamic real-time file count badges across macOS and iOS.
- iOS File List Context Menu: Long-press any file in the batch to Reveal in Files, Share, Save to Photos, view Inspector metadata details, or Remove from batch.
- 119 Pro Rule Studio Presets: Expanded template library with specialized camera presets including Camera + Lens Stamp, Album Chronological Clean, and Resolution/Dimensions.
- Productivity Suite & UX Refinements: Floating quick action controls to expand/collapse productivity tools, refined responsive layouts, and rock-solid Swift 6 concurrency. 3.8 Sep 14 - Visual Formula Token Picker & Editor: Build complex renaming patterns effortlessly with cursor-aware caret insertion, live hover preview banner, search filtering, and 10 organized token categories.
- 115+ Pro Rule Studio Templates & Smart Organizers: New one-click templates for Music folder hierarchy (Artist/Album), Photo date subfolders (YYYY/MM/DD), Video 4K/FPS stamps, PDF Author/Year archiving, and Invoice filing.
- On-Device AI Tagging Engine: Native SoundAnalysis audio scene classification, Vision object detection, and multi-language PDF OCR metadata extraction.
- Enhanced Video & Audio Stream Extraction: Advanced detection for Video Codecs, Audio Codecs, dimensions, bitrates, and BPM across 20+ containers.
- Engine Performance & Formatting: Optimized real-time preview computation and metadata formatting across 128+ multimedia and document formats. 3.7 Sep 9 - Roman & Alphabetical Series: Number files with classical Roman numerals (I, II, III... / i, ii, iii...) or spreadsheet-style alphabetical lettering (A, B, C... / a, b, c...).
- Quick Regex Snippet Picker: 1-click insertion for common regex patterns (digits, leading zeros, dates YYYY-MM-DD, bracketed content, and whitespace cleanup).
- Metadata Pre-Sorting: Sort files by camera capture date (EXIF Date Taken) and numeric audio track order before applying series numbering.
- Preset Quick Share & AirDrop: Right-click any template in Rule Studio to instantly export or AirDrop standalone .renamepreset files, or toggle Favorites.
- Parent Folder Formulas: Added [%ParentFolder%] and [%ParentDirectory%] variables to include containing folder names in renamed files.
- Refined UI & Performance: Polished interactive user manual and 100% complete multi-language localizations across all supported languages. 3.6 Aug 26 - New: 10 High-Value Renaming Templates - Expanded Rule Studio with 10 powerful new presets including Kebab-Case, PascalCase, YouTube/Podcast Episode, Timestamped Screen Recording, Subfolder Photo Year/Month Organizers, and Short Hash Anonymizer (90+ templates total).
- Redesigned Rename & Undo History: Powerful master-detail interface with search filtering, selective rollback for any historical batch, single-record deletion, and direct Finder reveal.
- Apple Shortcuts & App Intents: Seamlessly automate batch renaming from macOS and iOS Shortcuts app with template support.
- Streamlined Rule Builder: Compact single-line control layout for higher workspace density and faster rule composition.
- Enhanced Safety Controls: Added customizable confirmation prompts before clearing rules or file lists.
- Polished Toolbar: Full overflow menu support on compact windows and refined multi-language localizations across all 8 languages. 3.5 Aug 19 - New: Vision AI Auto-Renaming - Say goodbye to manual typing! Our new intelligent on-device AI uses advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Natural Language Processing to instantly scan images and PDFs, extracting meaningful names, dates, keywords, and amounts from messy text to generate perfect file names automatically. Completely private and lightning-fast—no internet connection required.
- New: Multi-Language Support - Fully localized in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Traditional Chinese. 3.4 Aug 10 - New: Regex Capture Group Substitution - Full support for `$1`, `$2`, `$3` capture variables in Replace rule mode for advanced pattern transformation.
- New: Duplicate File Mode - Added a user setting to create renamed copies of files instead of overwriting existing files in-place.
- Improved: Folder Permission Handling - Automatic pre-flight permission checks with interactive folder prompts on iOS and macOS when security access is missing.
- Improved: Transactional Undo Safety - Refactored undo history rollback to ensure history items are preserved if a file revert operation fails.
- Fixed: Cross-Platform Security Scopes - Fixed thread-local security-scoped resource access and bookmark persistence across launches.
- Fixed: Layout & UI Stability - Resolved geometry layout constraint warnings and fixed non-finite frame dimension calculation edge cases. 3.2 Jul 23 3.1 Jul 1
BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer version 3.8
Updated At: 2026-09-19
Changes: Version History - Direct Photos Library Ingestion: Import photos and videos directly from Apple Photos (PhotosPicker), preserving original filenames and 100% EXIF, GPS, camera, and lens metadata.
- Live Photo Synchronization (.HEIC + .MOV): Automatic base-name pairing ensures companion motion video clips match your renamed photos, with authentic Live Photo export to Apple Photos.
- Batch Media Type Filters: Filter loaded files instantly by Photos, Videos, Audio, Documents, or All, with dynamic real-time file count badges across macOS and iOS.
- iOS File List Context Menu: Long-press any file in the batch to Reveal in Files, Share, Save to Photos, view Inspector metadata details, or Remove from batch.
- 119 Pro Rule Studio Presets: Expanded template library with specialized camera presets including Camera + Lens Stamp, Album Chronological Clean, and Resolution/Dimensions.
- Productivity Suite & UX Refinements: Floating quick action controls to expand/collapse productivity tools, refined responsive layouts, and rock-solid Swift 6 concurrency. 3.8 4d ago - Visual Formula Token Picker & Editor: Build complex renaming patterns effortlessly with cursor-aware caret insertion, live hover preview banner, search filtering, and 10 organized token categories.
- 115+ Pro Rule Studio Templates & Smart Organizers: New one-click templates for Music folder hierarchy (Artist/Album), Photo date subfolders (YYYY/MM/DD), Video 4K/FPS stamps, PDF Author/Year archiving, and Invoice filing.
- On-Device AI Tagging Engine: Native SoundAnalysis audio scene classification, Vision object detection, and multi-language PDF OCR metadata extraction.
- Enhanced Video & Audio Stream Extraction: Advanced detection for Video Codecs, Audio Codecs, dimensions, bitrates, and BPM across 20+ containers.
- Engine Performance & Formatting: Optimized real-time preview computation and metadata formatting across 128+ multimedia and document formats. 3.7 Sep 9 - Roman & Alphabetical Series: Number files with classical Roman numerals (I, II, III... / i, ii, iii...) or spreadsheet-style alphabetical lettering (A, B, C... / a, b, c...).
- Quick Regex Snippet Picker: 1-click insertion for common regex patterns (digits, leading zeros, dates YYYY-MM-DD, bracketed content, and whitespace cleanup).
- Metadata Pre-Sorting: Sort files by camera capture date (EXIF Date Taken) and numeric audio track order before applying series numbering.
- Preset Quick Share & AirDrop: Right-click any template in Rule Studio to instantly export or AirDrop standalone .renamepreset files, or toggle Favorites.
- Parent Folder Formulas: Added [%ParentFolder%] and [%ParentDirectory%] variables to include containing folder names in renamed files.
- Refined UI & Performance: Polished interactive user manual and 100% complete multi-language localizations across all supported languages. 3.6 Aug 26 - New: 10 High-Value Renaming Templates - Expanded Rule Studio with 10 powerful new presets including Kebab-Case, PascalCase, YouTube/Podcast Episode, Timestamped Screen Recording, Subfolder Photo Year/Month Organizers, and Short Hash Anonymizer (90+ templates total).
- Redesigned Rename & Undo History: Powerful master-detail interface with search filtering, selective rollback for any historical batch, single-record deletion, and direct Finder reveal.
- Apple Shortcuts & App Intents: Seamlessly automate batch renaming from macOS and iOS Shortcuts app with template support.
- Streamlined Rule Builder: Compact single-line control layout for higher workspace density and faster rule composition.
- Enhanced Safety Controls: Added customizable confirmation prompts before clearing rules or file lists.
- Polished Toolbar: Full overflow menu support on compact windows and refined multi-language localizations across all 8 languages. 3.5 Aug 19 - New: Vision AI Auto-Renaming - Say goodbye to manual typing! Our new intelligent on-device AI uses advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Natural Language Processing to instantly scan images and PDFs, extracting meaningful names, dates, keywords, and amounts from messy text to generate perfect file names automatically. Completely private and lightning-fast—no internet connection required.
- New: Multi-Language Support - Fully localized in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Traditional Chinese. 3.4 Aug 10 - New: Regex Capture Group Substitution - Full support for `$1`, `$2`, `$3` capture variables in Replace rule mode for advanced pattern transformation.
- New: Duplicate File Mode - Added a user setting to create renamed copies of files instead of overwriting existing files in-place.
- Improved: Folder Permission Handling - Automatic pre-flight permission checks with interactive folder prompts on iOS and macOS when security access is missing.
- Improved: Transactional Undo Safety - Refactored undo history rollback to ensure history items are preserved if a file revert operation fails.
- Fixed: Cross-Platform Security Scopes - Fixed thread-local security-scoped resource access and bookmark persistence across launches.
- Fixed: Layout & UI Stability - Resolved geometry layout constraint warnings and fixed non-finite frame dimension calculation edge cases. 3.2 Jul 23 3.1 Jul 1
BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer version 3.7
Updated At: 2026-09-11
Changes: Version History - Visual Formula Token Picker & Editor: Build complex renaming patterns effortlessly with cursor-aware caret insertion, live hover preview banner, search filtering, and 10 organized token categories.
- 115+ Pro Rule Studio Templates & Smart Organizers: New one-click templates for Music folder hierarchy (Artist/Album), Photo date subfolders (YYYY/MM/DD), Video 4K/FPS stamps, PDF Author/Year archiving, and Invoice filing.
- On-Device AI Tagging Engine: Native SoundAnalysis audio scene classification, Vision object detection, and multi-language PDF OCR metadata extraction.
- Enhanced Video & Audio Stream Extraction: Advanced detection for Video Codecs, Audio Codecs, dimensions, bitrates, and BPM across 20+ containers.
- Engine Performance & Formatting: Optimized real-time preview computation and metadata formatting across 128+ multimedia and document formats. 3.7 2d ago - Roman & Alphabetical Series: Number files with classical Roman numerals (I, II, III... / i, ii, iii...) or spreadsheet-style alphabetical lettering (A, B, C... / a, b, c...).
- Quick Regex Snippet Picker: 1-click insertion for common regex patterns (digits, leading zeros, dates YYYY-MM-DD, bracketed content, and whitespace cleanup).
- Metadata Pre-Sorting: Sort files by camera capture date (EXIF Date Taken) and numeric audio track order before applying series numbering.
- Preset Quick Share & AirDrop: Right-click any template in Rule Studio to instantly export or AirDrop standalone .renamepreset files, or toggle Favorites.
- Parent Folder Formulas: Added [%ParentFolder%] and [%ParentDirectory%] variables to include containing folder names in renamed files.
- Refined UI & Performance: Polished interactive user manual and 100% complete multi-language localizations across all supported languages. 3.6 Aug 26 - New: 10 High-Value Renaming Templates - Expanded Rule Studio with 10 powerful new presets including Kebab-Case, PascalCase, YouTube/Podcast Episode, Timestamped Screen Recording, Subfolder Photo Year/Month Organizers, and Short Hash Anonymizer (90+ templates total).
- Redesigned Rename & Undo History: Powerful master-detail interface with search filtering, selective rollback for any historical batch, single-record deletion, and direct Finder reveal.
- Apple Shortcuts & App Intents: Seamlessly automate batch renaming from macOS and iOS Shortcuts app with template support.
- Streamlined Rule Builder: Compact single-line control layout for higher workspace density and faster rule composition.
- Enhanced Safety Controls: Added customizable confirmation prompts before clearing rules or file lists.
- Polished Toolbar: Full overflow menu support on compact windows and refined multi-language localizations across all 8 languages. 3.5 Aug 19 - New: Vision AI Auto-Renaming - Say goodbye to manual typing! Our new intelligent on-device AI uses advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Natural Language Processing to instantly scan images and PDFs, extracting meaningful names, dates, keywords, and amounts from messy text to generate perfect file names automatically. Completely private and lightning-fast—no internet connection required.
- New: Multi-Language Support - Fully localized in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Traditional Chinese. 3.4 Aug 10 - New: Regex Capture Group Substitution - Full support for `$1`, `$2`, `$3` capture variables in Replace rule mode for advanced pattern transformation.
- New: Duplicate File Mode - Added a user setting to create renamed copies of files instead of overwriting existing files in-place.
- Improved: Folder Permission Handling - Automatic pre-flight permission checks with interactive folder prompts on iOS and macOS when security access is missing.
- Improved: Transactional Undo Safety - Refactored undo history rollback to ensure history items are preserved if a file revert operation fails.
- Fixed: Cross-Platform Security Scopes - Fixed thread-local security-scoped resource access and bookmark persistence across launches.
- Fixed: Layout & UI Stability - Resolved geometry layout constraint warnings and fixed non-finite frame dimension calculation edge cases. 3.2 Jul 23 3.1 Jul 1
BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer version 3.6
Updated At: 2026-09-04
Changes: Version History - Roman & Alphabetical Series: Number files with classical Roman numerals (I, II, III... / i, ii, iii...) or spreadsheet-style alphabetical lettering (A, B, C... / a, b, c...).
- Quick Regex Snippet Picker: 1-click insertion for common regex patterns (digits, leading zeros, dates YYYY-MM-DD, bracketed content, and whitespace cleanup).
- Metadata Pre-Sorting: Sort files by camera capture date (EXIF Date Taken) and numeric audio track order before applying series numbering.
- Preset Quick Share & AirDrop: Right-click any template in Rule Studio to instantly export or AirDrop standalone .renamepreset files, or toggle Favorites.
- Parent Folder Formulas: Added [%ParentFolder%] and [%ParentDirectory%] variables to include containing folder names in renamed files.
- Refined UI & Performance: Polished interactive user manual and 100% complete multi-language localizations across all supported languages. 3.6 Aug 26 - New: 10 High-Value Renaming Templates - Expanded Rule Studio with 10 powerful new presets including Kebab-Case, PascalCase, YouTube/Podcast Episode, Timestamped Screen Recording, Subfolder Photo Year/Month Organizers, and Short Hash Anonymizer (90+ templates total).
- Redesigned Rename & Undo History: Powerful master-detail interface with search filtering, selective rollback for any historical batch, single-record deletion, and direct Finder reveal.
- Apple Shortcuts & App Intents: Seamlessly automate batch renaming from macOS and iOS Shortcuts app with template support.
- Streamlined Rule Builder: Compact single-line control layout for higher workspace density and faster rule composition.
- Enhanced Safety Controls: Added customizable confirmation prompts before clearing rules or file lists.
- Polished Toolbar: Full overflow menu support on compact windows and refined multi-language localizations across all 8 languages. 3.5 Aug 19 - New: Vision AI Auto-Renaming - Say goodbye to manual typing! Our new intelligent on-device AI uses advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Natural Language Processing to instantly scan images and PDFs, extracting meaningful names, dates, keywords, and amounts from messy text to generate perfect file names automatically. Completely private and lightning-fast—no internet connection required.
- New: Multi-Language Support - Fully localized in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Traditional Chinese. 3.4 Aug 10 - New: Regex Capture Group Substitution - Full support for `$1`, `$2`, `$3` capture variables in Replace rule mode for advanced pattern transformation.
- New: Duplicate File Mode - Added a user setting to create renamed copies of files instead of overwriting existing files in-place.
- Improved: Folder Permission Handling - Automatic pre-flight permission checks with interactive folder prompts on iOS and macOS when security access is missing.
- Improved: Transactional Undo Safety - Refactored undo history rollback to ensure history items are preserved if a file revert operation fails.
- Fixed: Cross-Platform Security Scopes - Fixed thread-local security-scoped resource access and bookmark persistence across launches.
- Fixed: Layout & UI Stability - Resolved geometry layout constraint warnings and fixed non-finite frame dimension calculation edge cases. 3.2 Jul 23 3.1 Jul 1
BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer version 3.5
Updated At: 2026-08-23
Changes: Version History - New: 10 High-Value Renaming Templates - Expanded Rule Studio with 10 powerful new presets including Kebab-Case, PascalCase, YouTube/Podcast Episode, Timestamped Screen Recording, Subfolder Photo Year/Month Organizers, and Short Hash Anonymizer (90+ templates total).
- Redesigned Rename & Undo History: Powerful master-detail interface with search filtering, selective rollback for any historical batch, single-record deletion, and direct Finder reveal.
- Apple Shortcuts & App Intents: Seamlessly automate batch renaming from macOS and iOS Shortcuts app with template support.
- Streamlined Rule Builder: Compact single-line control layout for higher workspace density and faster rule composition.
- Enhanced Safety Controls: Added customizable confirmation prompts before clearing rules or file lists.
- Polished Toolbar: Full overflow menu support on compact windows and refined multi-language localizations across all 8 languages. 3.5 3d ago - New: Vision AI Auto-Renaming - Say goodbye to manual typing! Our new intelligent on-device AI uses advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Natural Language Processing to instantly scan images and PDFs, extracting meaningful names, dates, keywords, and amounts from messy text to generate perfect file names automatically. Completely private and lightning-fast—no internet connection required.
- New: Multi-Language Support - Fully localized in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Traditional Chinese. 3.4 Aug 10 - New: Regex Capture Group Substitution - Full support for `$1`, `$2`, `$3` capture variables in Replace rule mode for advanced pattern transformation.
- New: Duplicate File Mode - Added a user setting to create renamed copies of files instead of overwriting existing files in-place.
- Improved: Folder Permission Handling - Automatic pre-flight permission checks with interactive folder prompts on iOS and macOS when security access is missing.
- Improved: Transactional Undo Safety - Refactored undo history rollback to ensure history items are preserved if a file revert operation fails.
- Fixed: Cross-Platform Security Scopes - Fixed thread-local security-scoped resource access and bookmark persistence across launches.
- Fixed: Layout & UI Stability - Resolved geometry layout constraint warnings and fixed non-finite frame dimension calculation edge cases. 3.2 Jul 23 3.1 Jul 1
BatchRename: Bulk File Renamer version 3.2
Updated At: 2026-08-03
Changes: Version History - New: Regex Capture Group Substitution - Full support for `$1`, `$2`, `$3` capture variables in Replace rule mode for advanced pattern transformation.
- New: Duplicate File Mode - Added a user setting to create renamed copies of files instead of overwriting existing files in-place.
- Improved: Folder Permission Handling - Automatic pre-flight permission checks with interactive folder prompts on iOS and macOS when security access is missing.
- Improved: Transactional Undo Safety - Refactored undo history rollback to ensure history items are preserved if a file revert operation fails.
- Fixed: Cross-Platform Security Scopes - Fixed thread-local security-scoped resource access and bookmark persistence across launches.
- Fixed: Layout & UI Stability - Resolved geometry layout constraint warnings and fixed non-finite frame dimension calculation edge cases. 3.2 Jul 23 3.1 Jul 1
