Search&Replace: Batch-Rename on Mac OS X
Whether you are a web-designer, a photographer or whatever else, you will love Search&Replace! You can now do it all from one single application, in just a few clicks! Leopard and Snow Leopard users are going to enjoy renaming thousands of files (or editing text strings inside of text files) at a time, saving hours of manual renaming. Search&Replace has an intuitive interface that makes it easy to handle...
What is it?
General Description
Search&Replace is a powerful batch-processing application for text files on Mac OS X (10.5 and 10.6), designed to replace the content (text strings) in your text files in just a click (.rtf, .txt, .html, .php and hundreds of other formats)!
But that is not all: you can also batch-rename your files, photos, videos mp3s etc. in just a click! Its user-friendly interface makes it accessible to just about anyone without specific computer knowledge.
With Search&Replace, you can :
- Batch-edit text strings (content inside of text files)
- Rename files/folders with a find-and-replace
- Rename files sequentially (numbering)
- Add suffixes and prefixes to files or folders
- Append your file and / or folder's creation date to their name
- Trim the start or end of file and / or folder names by a text search or by character position
- Change file or folder names to lowercase or UPPERCASE, or Capitalize them
... all that in just a click ! It makes the work all the more painless: Not only is Search&Replace powerful, but it was designed to be easy to use, hence the intuitive interface with a simple toolbar.
Search&Replace is available in English and French. Get your license with lifetime support for €6,50 only!
Work with file names
Have you ever found yourself with 500 or 1000 holiday pictures, which all have the same name with random numbers, and you could not rename them manually, one by one? Have you ever felt the need to add the date when they were taken to those pictures?
It is now possible to rename files just the way you want them in just a few clicks. If you are not happy with a recurring element in your file names, you can perform a search and replace action on them. Add suffixes, prefixes, rename them sequentially or trim your file names in no time!
Work with text content
Have you ever had this one piece of information you wanted to change or delete in hundreds of files at the same time (like that header or that copyright in your html files)? No more need to open text files one by one to edit them! Search&Replace can replace strings inside of text files in just a click: you don't need to open them one by one and change the text manually. It is even able to process files included in deeper level sub-folders automatically, and you don't need to do anything but enter the text to find and the text to replace. Search&Replace provides freedom of use, and freedom of search. You can search filenames or contents. It even shows statistics about the number of replacements within each individual file, counts the number of files to be processed etc.
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You will be able to use the trial version 6 times before you have to buy the application.
As opposed to utilities that not only have less features, are less reliable, and are well over €10 (30 for most of them), Search&Replace is offered to you at the competitive price of €6,50.
If you liked the previous free versions, please make an effort and support it -- it's not even the price of a full meal!
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How does it work ?
Intuitive Interface
Seven toolbar items. That's all there is to it, it's so simple. One item for each different renaming mode.
One text field for the text to search, and one for the text to replace it with.
A button to locate the folder to process on your hard drive, and a drop area to select the items to process manually.
A bit of Statistics
The option drawer panel enables you to see how many files your folder contains. The application only renames the ones that correspond to your criteria.
When you decide to rename file content, you can see how many occurrences of your search there are in your files. At the end of the replacement process, you can see how many replacements were made in each separate file.
Work with almost unlimited file types
You do not need to worry about which file's content to rename: the application supports the common text file types. On top of that, you can suggest new extension support by email if the application hasn't processed yours...
Screenshots:
Watch the demo video:
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Ratings and Awards
- Have a look at the reliability of this application !
- Comments and reviews
"Versatile, very easy use and a terrific timesaver when downloading digital photographs. It is particularly handy when there are multiple topics/subjects because different batches of pictures can be allocated entirely different file names FAST!" - chrisnjack_dotmac, November 23rd, 2010 on CNET.com
"It's important to have a program that can rename a lot of files, and rely on it when the time comes. Search&Replace is such a program. The program allows you to change the file names quickly, in a clean way, while coming with its own unique improvements regarding this type of program. In addition, the renaming process does not consume a lot of computer resources. The Truth: Search&Replace is a very good software when it comes to file and folder renaming. Search&Replace has a nice interface, lots of accessibility options, thus giving you the reason to try it out for yourself." - Alexandru Tanase, May 25th, 2010 on Softpedia.com
"I never buy any applications on Mac, but this is a cheap investment for all the possibilities this application offers. I really needed something like this to simplify my work, I have found the stability and ease of use I was looking for." - Koolzone, May 6th, 2010 on Macupdate.com
- Welovemac.net (fr)
- Softpedia.com (en)
- Mac360.com (en)
- Macfidelity.de (de)
