使用 Homebrew Cask 安装 a-better-finder-rename

项目链接

• 主页
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

本地软件包数据库中没有找到可执行别名。

项目历史

Developer Frank Reiff released A Better Finder Rename in 1996 as a contextual-menu plug-in for the classic Mac OS Finder on PowerPC-compatible Macs. The product has remained in continuous development and evolved into a standalone batch-renaming application; the current major line is version 12.

采用历史

The developer says A Better Finder Rename has been used by tens of thousands of professionals, businesses, and hobbyists. Its long-running shareware model has funded continuous updates and major-version upgrades outside the Mac App Store as well as through other distribution channels.

使用方式

Users drag files from Finder into the application, select one or more renaming actions, inspect the live preview, and perform the rename. Presets support repeatable workflows; advanced uses include EXIF and media-tag naming, regular expressions, spreadsheet-driven names, droplets, sidecar pairing, and large rename batches. The official guide recommends retaining backups for large jobs.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

A Better Finder Rename is a durable example of independent Mac shareware: a narrowly focused utility maintained across the transition from classic Mac OS and PowerPC to modern Intel and Apple Silicon macOS. Package users value it for repeatable presets, metadata-aware naming, regular expressions, sidecar-file pairing, conflict handling, and previews before committing large rename jobs.

时间线

• 1996: First published as a contextual-menu plug-in for the classic Mac OS Finder.
• 2012: Version 9-era materials described sixteen years of continuous iterative development.
• Current: Version 12 supports contemporary Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Related projects

• Finder
• A Better Finder Attributes
• Big Mean Folder Machine
• Nifty File Lists

来源

• https://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/index.html
• https://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/v12/index.html
• https://www.publicspace.net/about/