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I recently bought myself a new iMac, and loving every minute of it.

I need a little help, or redirection?!

Here is the scenario (on the PC):
> take photos and transfer them via SD card
> use PC utility to rename all photos based on EXIF information
>> instead of Photo-123.jpg, it would become 2008-01-20_02-02-10.jpg (yyyy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss)

On my new iMac, I have no clue how to go about doing this.

I’ve heard about AppleScript, but couldn’t even tackle AutoHotKey on Windows.

Is there some free/open-source application or tutorial out there to explain how to do this?
What are your methods of batch renaming files?!

EDIT Oops sorry just noticed you mentioned you wanted to rename dependant of the EXIF data. Sorry. Not sure if those programs do that so have listed some that do here at the top 😉

Shoot Shifter
EXIF Renamer

Hiya,

I use a batch rename utility but for the life of me can’t remember what it is called. Will have a look tonight though.

For now, Versiontracker shows a lot of programs that will do what you are after. Perhaps give them all a whirl and see which you prefer. I’m pretty sure the one that I use is free so will definitely look it up but I do know that it is extremely fast and powerful.

Versiontracker Links
Name Mangler
Name Those Files
Renamer4Mac
File Renamer
File Namer
FileWrangler
Speedy File Renamer
Batch Renamer
Quick Rename
File Sorter

You could probably also do something with the Terminal but that’s all a bit above my head and knowledge I’m afraid! 😉

Hope that helps a bit in the interim?

Best wishes,

Mark

Thanks for those link Mark.
After doing a little searching, I think I found what I need. Well, based on its description, as least.

I’ll let you know if this is the one.
😊

http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12577

Yep please let me know. Versiontracker is a great place to find things when you need them in a hurry.

Best wishes,

Mark

Yup,that’s the one!!!

By default, it names them per my requirements.
I just gotta figure out how to set up albums and the ins/outs of iPhoto.

My photo library is a little over 20Gigs right now, and I think I duplicated everything. haha, oops!