Rename two hundred files with one pattern and one right-click.
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▸Renaming 4 filesin Shoot · on this MacRenamed 4 filesShoot-01.HEIC to Shoot-04.HEIC · in placeYou 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 every new name before anything moves, and the files are renamed where they are — no copy, no second folder.
See what else comes with it
What you get, exactly.
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. 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.
Same job. No round trip.
There is no website for this one, because the files have to stay where they are. What it replaces is Finder’s own rename sheet, which is fine for ten files and blind for two hundred, and the small apps people install for the rest. Counted the same way, here is what that costs.
With Riclynothing moved
WHAT IT REPLACES
Now do it 200 timesTwo hundred names,
one line
Two hundred files cost the same three steps as two. The menu reads Batch Rename (200 files), the counter pads itself to three digits, and 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.
There is a native path, and it is Finder’s rename sheet. Select, right-click, Rename, and you get Replace Text, Add Text, or Format with a counter. It is honest work for a dozen files. It has no regex, no case modes, no date token, and no preview of what two hundred names will look like before you commit.
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.
This one needs Pro. Then it has no ceiling.
The menu still shows Batch Rename, marked ⚡: click it and you get the Pro page, not the tool. 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, an email address is enough.
€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.
- 30-day trial for new subscribers · payment method required · cancel any time.
Questions people actually ask.
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. Chips under the field insert them for you.
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.
Right Click. Done.
17 file tools in the Finder menu. Free to start.
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