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Freeware find: Smith Micro Photo A.K.A. bulk file renamer

by Steven Sande Feb 23rd 2010 at 6:00PM

While I'm saving my pennies for a new 27" i7 iMac, I'm finding that "free is good." Software development house Smith Micro made my day this morning when I received an email telling me about their free Photo A.K.A. application for Mac (site registration required).

The app is a single-tasker -- it is a bulk file renamer, much like Dare to be Creative's Renamer (US$29). Like its more expensive competitor, you can rename any batch of files, not just photos. While I don't think that the user interface for Photo A.K.A. is as well-designed as Renamer, the former application does have several features that can't be found in the latter.

For example, Photo A.K.A. can rename files, stuff them into an archive file, and then email the information to someone. There's also a handy built-in function to directly upload your renamed photos to Flickr or Picasa.

But wait, there's more! Photo A.K.A. can also burn your renamed files to a CD or DVD, or create a disk image file containing the files. It can also do batch resizing of photo files, display the renamed images as a slide show, and even batch print the files. Finally, there's a sandbox mode for trying your renaming scheme without actually renaming the files.

While Photo A.K.A. might not fulfill all of your file renaming requirements, it is free, and it has many features you may find useful.

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chirho

I just use Automator - Files & Folders > Rename Finder Items. Never felt the need to get anything else

February 24 2010 at 4:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mc

NameChanger is good, too - it's the app I prefer.

February 23 2010 at 9:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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alf

exactly what i was going to say - namechanger is all you need and it's free w/o being hounded by smith micro, who are nothing but assholes to deal with, aside from their incessant spamming!!!

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31207

February 24 2010 at 12:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Iwata

I prefer Name Mangler for my re-naming batch needs.

February 23 2010 at 7:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Ronaldo

I also have found the easy way about NameChanger and here is this File Renamer.

March 21 2010 at 12:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Not only do you have to go through the process of registering through SmithMicro's checkout procedure, when you start up the application for the first time, you have to register the product, or else it will close down (even if you choose to "register later". Anyone else have this happen to them? I think the whole thing stinks. I mean, mac users always appreciate free software from many great sources throughout the mac community, but I just think something is wrong with SmithMicro's process here. Just my opinion.

February 23 2010 at 7:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

I just use Automator, it seems to do everything I want in bulk renaming, photo resizing and such.

February 23 2010 at 7:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ndub

I was willing to give it a try - hey it's free - until I realized that I had to go through SmithMicro's shopping cart/checkout process to get a copy. It seems lots of other free software has found more elegant and less invasive ways to get information from it's customers.

Was I overlooking the simple download link from the page linked to in the article? If so, I apologize for the mini-rant.

February 23 2010 at 6:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Robby Berman

Smith Micro is far and away my Number One spam source. They never quit, and keep finding ways around Mail's Junk blocker.
Don't ever give this company your email address!

February 23 2010 at 6:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Bob Tabor

Having purchased Stuffit, I can agree with the post by @Robby Berman.

February 24 2010 at 9:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Quine

Name Mangler! Free and excellent!

February 23 2010 at 6:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Katanna

I second Name Mangler! If all you want to do is have extraordinary powers over renaming files, Name Mangler is for you! http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler/

February 23 2010 at 6:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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