Nomen renames hundreds of files at once and shows you every new name before anything changes. Turn IMG_4392.HEIC into 2026-07-14 New York 001.heic. FREE AND PRO Free: rename any number of files with one basic rule, plus sorting, folders, Undo and the Journal. Try rule chains, metadata and built-in presets in the preview before buying. Renaming with them requires Nomen Pro. Applying saved custom presets already requires Pro. Pro also unlocks saving and sharing custom presets, and renaming from Shortcuts and Finder Quick Actions. It is a one-time in-app purchase. No subscription. PHOTOS AND VIDEOS • Name photos and videos by date taken from EXIF and QuickTime, time zones included; falls back to file dates and shows where each date came from • Camera, lens, dimensions and duration • City and country from GPS • RAW + JPEG + XMP/AAE sidecars stay together and get the same base name • Google Takeout: date and location from the JSON sidecars when the photo has none • Built-in presets: iPhone, GoPro & drone, Screenshots, Google Takeout PREVIEW AND SAFETY • Old and new names side by side, updated as you edit • Conflicts are found before you rename; a clashing name gets a numeric suffix • Nomen never overwrites or deletes files • Every rename is recorded in the Journal; restore original names even after a restart, while the files remain available and unchanged RULES AND PRESETS • Find & Replace, Regular Expressions with ready-made patterns, Add Text, Name Template, Change Case, Remove Text • Title Case that leaves iPhone, macOS and HEIC alone • Counters you can put anywhere, with start, step and digits, restarting per folder or per day • Apply a rule to the name, the extension, or both • Natural sorting (1, 2, 10, not 1, 10, 2) by name, dates, size or extension, or drag rows into your own order • Files, folders or both, including subfolders • Chain rules; save presets and share them as .nomenpreset files with Pro BUILT INTO MACOS • "Rename with Nomen…" in Finder opens the selected files in Nomen's window; so does Open With → Nomen • Shortcuts: "Rename Files" renames files with a preset, including as a Finder Quick Action; "Preview Rename" shows the new names without changing anything • Interface in English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish PRIVATE No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. File names and contents never leave your Mac. The only lookup is Apple's place-name service, and only when you use the city or country tokens.
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