A batch rename tool for Mac, built into the right-click menu.
Photos from a card, invoices from a client, exports from a render. Select them, right-click, write the pattern once, and every file is renamed where it is — nothing copied, nothing uploaded.
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Ricly▸Batch Rename4 filesDone!IMG_2214.HEICHow to batch rename files with Ricly
- Install Ricly and open it.Turn on the Finder extension when it asks (one setting), create your free account, then switch to Pro and, in Ricly › Modules, click Enable on Batch Rename.
- In Finder, select the files and right-click.The menu reads Batch Rename… with the number of files.
- Choose Ricly › Batch Rename…, then write the pattern.A live preview shows the new names before anything is renamed.
Rename hundreds of files without a renamer app
You have done this a hundred times.
- Open a renamer app
- Drag the files in
- Work out its syntax
- Preview
- Fix the pattern
- Run it
- Check what it did
Ricly puts that one in the menu that is already under your cursor. Select the files, right-click, pick Batch Rename, write the pattern once. A live preview shows the new names before anything moves, and the files are renamed where they are — no copy, no second folder.
See what else comes with it
One pattern, with a live preview
A pattern with tokens, applied to every selected file. The counter pads itself to the size of the batch, so twelve files give 01 to 12 and two hundred give 001 to 200.
Tokens you can actually remember
{name} the original name, {n} a counter, {ext} the extension, {date} the modification date, plus {Y}, {M} and {D} for the year, month and day, and {taken} for the day a photo was taken. Write {n:3} if you want three digits whatever the batch size.
Find and replace, with regex if you need it
Replace a string inside the original name before the pattern is applied. Tick the regex box and you get real expressions. Case modes come with it: leave it alone, lower, upper, or title case.
It renames in place
No copy, no second folder, no duplicated gigabytes. The files stay exactly where they are — which is what you want when they are already inside a project someone else has open.
A name already taken is not a collision
If the target name exists, the file gets a numbered one rather than replacing what was there. Two hundred files cannot quietly become one hundred and ninety-eight.
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WHAT IT REPLACES
A whole selection, with Proone pattern
for every name
A big selection costs the same three steps as two files. The menu shows the count, as in Batch Rename… (200 files), and the counter pads itself to fit: 001 for two hundred files. The preview shows the first names and a count of the rest. If a target name already exists, that file gets a number instead of replacing what was there.
macOS has its own, in the Finder: select the files, Control-click, choose Rename, and Apple describes three modes: Replace Text, Add Text, and Format, which puts an index, a counter or a date before or after the name. Automator has a Rename Finder Items action too. Ricly adds what a big batch needs: a pattern with a live preview of every name, regex and case modes, and photos named after the day they were taken, numbered oldest first.
Named once, found forever.
A card full of DSC_ files, a client’s invoices, a render queue. One pattern, and the folder reads like it was meant to.
You came for one tool. 16 more come with it.
Batch Rename is not an app you install. It is one item in a menu that also carries 16 others — same download, same account, nothing extra to set up.
13 are free, 4 are Pro. They install themselves as they ship, so the menu grows without you doing anything. Find Duplicates tells you which of those two hundred are the same file twice, and Strip Metadata cleans the photos among them before they go anywhere.
Batch Rename is a Pro tool, with no monthly limit
On Free, Batch Rename can’t be switched on, so it isn’t in your menu. If you turned it on during a Pro trial, it stays there marked ⚡, and a click opens the Pro page. 13 other tools are free for good.
- 13 tools work fully on Free, with no card.
- You can install Ricly and use it for months without paying.
- A free account is required, with a verified email address.
€47.88 billed yearly, or €4.99 month to month. No monthly count on this tool — rename a whole archive if you want to.
- Batch Rename unlocks, with no monthly count.
- So do the other three Pro tools: Extract Text, Upscale Image and Photo Grid.
- Upload & Share goes to 20 GB and links last 30 days.
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Renaming files on a Mac: common questions
How do I rename multiple files at once on a Mac without installing anything?
Select the files in the Finder, Control-click one of them and choose Rename. Under Rename Finder Items, choose Replace Text, Add Text or Format, then click Rename.
Can I batch rename files with Automator?
Yes. Automator’s Rename Finder Items action changes the names of the files you pass to it, and you can build it into a Quick Action.
What can I put in a pattern?
{name} for the original name, {n} for a counter, {n:3} to force three digits, {ext} for the extension, {date} for the modification date as YYYY-MM-DD, and {Y}, {M}, {D} for its parts. {taken} and {takenTime} give the date and time a photo was taken. Chips under the field insert them for you.
Can I name photos by the date they were taken?
Yes. Under Photos by date taken, three presets name each photo after the day it was taken: with a counter, numbered oldest first, with the time, or with its original name, like 2024-06-12 14-03-09.jpg. The date comes from the camera’s EXIF data; a file without it falls back to its file date.
Does the counter pad itself?
Yes. {n} grows to fit the batch: twelve files give 01 to 12, two hundred give 001 to 200. Write {n:3} if you want three digits regardless.
Can I find and replace inside the names?
Yes, before the pattern is applied, with a regex toggle when you need real expressions. Case modes come with it: leave it alone, lower, upper, or title case.
Does it move or copy anything?
No. Files are renamed where they are — no copy, no second folder, no duplicated gigabytes. If anything fails part-way, the files already renamed are put back as they were.
What if a name is already taken?
That file gets “ 2”, “ 3” and so on rather than replacing what was there. Two hundred files cannot quietly become one hundred and ninety-eight.
Do I see the result before it runs?
Yes. A live preview shows the new names, before and after, while you type, with a count of the rest when the batch is long. Nothing is renamed until you confirm.
Can I undo a rename?
There is no Undo button once a rename has gone through, so check the live preview before you click Rename. If any file can’t be renamed, Ricly puts every name back as it was.
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