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What's new in A Better Finder Rename 12.05

Apr 24, 2024
  • The new version adds a new action that removes emoji from file names.

New in A Better Finder Rename 12.04 (Nov 29, 2023)

  • The new version now properly displays the command window in dark mode.

New in A Better Finder Rename 12.03 (Nov 13, 2023)

  • This new version fixes a few minor bugsmac.

New in A Better Finder Rename 12.02 (Oct 23, 2023)

  • Fixes a bug affecting case conversions
  • Fixes a bug affecting moving of actions within the action list
  • Fixes a dark mode bug

New in A Better Finder Rename 12.01 (Oct 13, 2023)

  • This version makes a few post-launch improvements
  • Improved upgrade message to reduce confusion when entering the new unlock code
  • Smaller text in the presets table
  • Many improvements to the French localization

New in A Better Finder Rename 12.00 (Oct 11, 2023)

  • Quick Summary of New Features:
  • Many of the existing renaming actions have gained advanced options, such as custom date formats, timezone support, night mode, partial case conversions, etc.
  • Professional workflows involving mixing movie, image and sidecar files now benefit from file name pairing, custom file date extraction and conflict resolutions.
  • The new Advanced Options action allows fine-grained control over shooting date extraction, timezone handling & file pairing, and for the first time enables custom file name conflict resolution to be saved within a preset.
  • File Pairing:
  • Photographers, videographers, audio professionals and even drone pilots frequently encounter multiple files ( JPEG & RAW, XMP sidecar, GPS, etc) that all relate to the same recording.
  • A Better Finder Rename 12 allows you to process these files together, ensuring that their file names remain linked. You can even use meta-data from one file time to rename the other.
  • Custom Shooting Date Order Resolution:
  • Many media formats define multiple timestamp tags, some of which may contain incorrect or non-standard data. A Better Finder Rename 12 gives you fine-grained control over which timestamp is used.
  • Timezone Support:
  • Generally users want to use "camera time", e.g. the local time at the place of recording for ordering or renaming files, but there are also situations (say newsrooms, etc.) where editors want to use their own local timezone to guarantee strict chronological ordering. Version 12 supports both.
  • Custom Date Formats:
  • Version 12 gives you increased control over date-based renaming. You can define your own custom date & time formats, including 12/24 hour clocks, month names, zero-padded month and day numbers, separators, etc.
  • The new actions also include support for adding or subtracting time for all or only specific file types, to make it easier to quickly fix timezone issues within the action.
  • Night Mode for Event Photography:
  • Many social events take place in the evening and only come to an end in the early hours of the day. Technically such events span two days, but event photographers would almost universally prefer them to be catalogued along with their photos from earlier in the day. Version 12 lets you decide at what time of the morning, the new day starts.
  • Partial Case Conversions:
  • While A Better Finder Rename has long supported complex case conversions (even based on lexical units), it has up to now not been possible to apply them selectively to only part of the file name. Version 12 finally adds this ability.
  • Interactive Action Search:
  • A Better Finder Rename's comprehensive list of actions is subdivided into 15 distinct categories, but it can still sometimes be a little daunting to find what you need. The new command window, which is accessible via the icon next to the categories popup button, allows you to filter the available actions based on your keyboard input. It will also accept many different phrasings for the same ideas.
  • Improved Keyboard Navigation:
  • A program like A Better Finder Rename will always be easier to navigate with your mouse than with the keyboard, but version 12 adds the ability to navigate through your action list and select actions via the command window to make common tasks that little bit faster and more convenient.
  • A New Beginning:
  • As our long term customers know, a new major upgrade marks not the end of a development cycle for us, but rather the beginning of a new one. Version 12 will once again provide a solid basis for our monthly update schedule.
  • If you are still reading this, chances are that you are a long term Mac user and have noticed that iOS is getting all the attention. For Mac developers that has meant that it is increasingly hard to get any kind of buzz for Mac software going.. so it would be tremendously helpful if you could recommend our software to your friends and colleagues!

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.61 (Mar 1, 2023)

  • The new version introduces a new web-based help system.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.60 (Feb 15, 2023)

  • The new version fixes a minor bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.59 (Feb 5, 2023)

  • The new version delivers another minor bug fix.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.58 (Feb 2, 2023)

  • The new version delivers a minor bug fix.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.57 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • The new version adds a warning when creating a droplet on Ventura.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.56 (Dec 29, 2022)

  • The new version fixes a minor highlighting bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.55 (Dec 15, 2022)

  • The new version adds support for hif files.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.54 (Nov 30, 2022)

  • The new version adds the ability to filter on image comments.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.53 (Oct 24, 2022)

  • The new version adds links to support material for droplet problems introduced by new macOS 13 Ventura security warnings.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.52 (Oct 5, 2022)

  • The new version adds the ability to migrate droplets to presets.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.51 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • The new version features a number of minor improvements and lots of behind the scenes changes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.50 (Jun 29, 2022)

  • The new version adds support for iXML meta-data in RIFF sound files.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.49 (May 31, 2022)

  • The new version enhances the first launch experience.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.48 (May 18, 2022)

  • The new version enhances the lexical case conversion action with support for verb contractions.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.47 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • The nev version fixes a case conversion bug that would cause the program to block when certain special characters were present in the file name.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.46 (Apr 15, 2022)

  • The new version fixes a dark mode bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.45 (Apr 6, 2022)

  • The new version adds a few minor improvements.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.44 (Feb 22, 2022)

  • The new version further improves performance and memory utilization.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.43 (Jan 26, 2022)

  • The new version is a minor bug fix update.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.42 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • The new version adds the ability to decode percent encodings.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.41 (Dec 15, 2021)

  • The new version fixes a metadata reading issue.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.40 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • The new version adds an action to strip leading spaces.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.39 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • The new version delivers a fix for a bug that could crash the application under a particular set of circumstances.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.36 (Aug 9, 2021)

  • The new version rolls back some changes that appear to cause crashes with international character sets while we investigate.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.35 (Jul 14, 2021)

  • The new version refines the change highlighting feature to provide further assistance in fine tuning parameters and avoiding errors.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.34 (Jun 2, 2021)

  • The new version adds support for IPTC location tags, such as city, state and country.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.33 (May 20, 2021)

  • The new version fixes a bug in the filter action interface.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.32 (May 12, 2021)

  • The new version allows the camera body serial number to be included in the file name.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.31 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • The new version adds yet more tweaks to the the meta-data extraction engine.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.30 (Mar 17, 2021)

  • The new version further improves the meta-data extraction engine.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.29 (Mar 17, 2021)

  • The new version significantly improves the reliability and performance of the meta-data extraction engine.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.28 (Mar 3, 2021)

  • The new version adds image caption, keywords and user comment tags for improved renaming of images from Photos.app.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.27 (Feb 4, 2021)

  • The new version fixes a minor bug in the preferences dialog.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.26 (Feb 4, 2021)

  • The new version adds Apple Silicon native droplets.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.25 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • The new version adds support for reading pdf creation dates.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.24 (Oct 20, 2020)

  • Adds Apple Silicon native support
  • Fixes the preferences option not to load the EXIF data to speed up some simple operations

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.23 (Oct 8, 2020)

  • The new version adds Big Sur compatibility and fixes a locale specific meta-data bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.22 (Sep 16, 2020)

  • The new version fixes a minor bug in the info pane.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.21 (Sep 1, 2020)

  • The new version fixes a bug affecting filter actions under macOS 10.11.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.20 (Aug 7, 2020)

  • The new version fixes a bug with the alphabetical sequence actions.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.19 (Jul 9, 2020)

  • The new version supports a wider range of movie content creation timestamps.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.18 (Jun 16, 2020)

  • The new version fixes a minor bug in the parent folder action.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.17 (May 19, 2020)

  • The new version fixes a bug that affected filtering with the sort-each-folder-separately option turned on.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.16 (May 4, 2020)

  • The new version improves text highlighting in dark mode.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.15 (Apr 23, 2020)

  • The new version resolves a rare caching problem.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.14 (Apr 9, 2020)

  • The new version features performance and reliability improvements.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.13 (Mar 11, 2020)

  • The new release unlocks correctly for Better Rename 11 Mac App Store customers.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.12 (Mar 4, 2020)

  • The new release improves the remove a range of characters action.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.11 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • The new release adds a filter criteria to limit renames to files with a valid EXIF timestamp.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.10 (Jan 7, 2020)

  • The new release fixes a text encoding bug that affected ID3 music meta-data tags and improves the processing of Spotlight meta-data.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.09 (Dec 5, 2019)

  • The new version fixes a meta-data error.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.08 (Dec 5, 2019)

  • The new version fixes some stepper controls on macOS 10.15 Catalina along with some minor bug fixes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.07 (Nov 25, 2019)

  • The new version fixes a multi-threading bug in the new meta-data extraction code.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.06 (Nov 20, 2019)

  • solves a string encoding problem with the previous version.
  • improves the performance of meta-data extraction.
  • fixes a problem that could result in inconsistent meta-data values across sessions.
  • improves presets editing.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.05 (Nov 20, 2019)

  • Improves the performance of meta-data extraction.
  • Fixes a problem that could result in inconsistent meta-data values across sessions.
  • Improves presets editing.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.04 (Nov 5, 2019)

  • Allows droplets to be updated to the latest 64-bit code base
  • Allows Better Rename 8 and Better Rename 9 presets to be imported
  • Adds a safety feature that prevents users from mistakenly renaming files with a leading dot

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.03 (Oct 30, 2019)

  • The new release fixes a problem with the ISO values reported by the tool.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.02 (Oct 24, 2019)

  • This is a quick bug fix for a display bug introduced a few hours earlier in 11.01.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.01 (Oct 23, 2019)

  • This release fixes a resizing bug that affected users of smaller screens.

New in A Better Finder Rename 11.00 (Oct 15, 2019)

  • The new release features file filtering, greatly enhanced presets, meta-data support for many new file formats (including PDF, Microsoft Office documents, a myriad of video formats and much, much more).

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.45 (Sep 16, 2019)

  • The new version fixes a crashing bug introduced in the previous update.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.44 (Aug 1, 2019)

  • The new version is now fully notarized and fixes a minor preview bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.43 (Jun 25, 2019)

  • The new version fixes a rare crashing bug affecting the remove trailing spaces action.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.42 (Jun 25, 2019)

  • The new version improves the handling of sub-second timestamps.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.41 (Jun 5, 2019)

  • The new version improves the handling of sub-second timestamps.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.40 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • The new version fixes a display issue on macOS 10.14 Mojave.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.39 (Mar 7, 2019)

  • The new version adds support for CR3 raw image files and 35mm equivalent focal lengths.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.38 (Jan 17, 2019)

  • This is the first French language localization of the product.
  • We have done our very best to make this a great translation, but as this is our first attempt there are likely to be some isolated translation errors, oversights, etc.
  • We would really appreciate it if you could let us know of any issues you might run into or improvement requests that you might have immediately so that we can correct them.
  • This new version also includes improvements to the German localization, bug fixes and changes to the internals of the droplets.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.37 (Dec 5, 2018)

  • This is the first version of A Better Finder Rename to be localized for German-speaking markets.
  • We have done our very best to make this a great translation, but as this is our first attempt there are likely to be some isolated translation errors, oversights, etc.
  • We would really appreciate it if you could let us know of any issues you might run into or improvement requests that you might have immediately so that we can correct them.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.36 (Nov 11, 2018)

  • The new version now deals gracefully with incorrect sub second shooting timestamp.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.35 (Oct 10, 2018)

  • The new version adds meta-data support for TV shows, episodes, seasons, networks and studios.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.34 (Oct 4, 2018)

  • The new version features improvements in meta-data extraction.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.33 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • The new version now supports dark mode on macOS X 10.14 Mojave (Hurray!).

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.32 (Sep 5, 2018)

  • The new version uses the sub-second EXIF timestamp when this is available in the source files.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.31 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • We recently became aware of a situation that could cause droplets to fail frequently on macOS 10.13 systems that have had Dropbox installed, even when Dropbox is no longer active.
  • If you are on macOS 10.13 or later and have ever had Dropbox installed, you may experience intermittent droplet failures and have to drag & drop items on a droplet twice.
  • In this case, you can use the "Migrate Droplet..." feature in the "File" menu to migrate your droplet(s) to the latest version, which works around the file synchronization problem that causes the problem.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.30 (Jul 5, 2018)

  • The new version features an improved unlock experience.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.29 (May 30, 2018)

  • The new version adds support for the album artist mp3 meta-data tag.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.28 (Apr 25, 2018)

  • The new version makes it easier to toggle the clear list setting from the preview table.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.27 (Mar 14, 2018)

  • The new version addresses a number of minor issues.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.26 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • The new version solves a minor cosmetic issue introduced by the latest High Sierra update.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.25 (Jan 31, 2018)

  • Support for the new HEIC and HEIF image formats.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.24 (Jan 9, 2018)

  • The new version sorts the Presets menu in alphabetical order.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.23 (Nov 7, 2017)

  • Minor bug fix.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.22 (Oct 12, 2017)

  • The new version remembers whether the preview pane was toggled off across sessions.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.21 (Sep 12, 2017)

  • The new version further bullet-proofs the unlock mechanism against recent changes in how macOS treats preferences files.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.20 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • The new version adds the Lens Make tag.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.19 (Jul 5, 2017)

  • The new version improves the unlocking experience.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.18 (Jun 13, 2017)

  • The new version prevents newly created droplets from showing up is the "Open With" Finder dialog.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.17 (Apr 11, 2017)

  • Further bullet proofing of security bookmark handling
  • Correctly handles storage of permissions between sessions
  • Bug fixes

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.16 (Apr 6, 2017)

  • The new version fixes a crashing bug when adding files that occurred on some Mac configurations.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.15 (Mar 29, 2017)

  • The new version adds new file size tags.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.14 (Mar 8, 2017)

  • The new version improves error reporting.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.13 (Jan 10, 2017)

  • Removes the automatically added window tabbing menu item on macOS 10.12 Sierra and restores fancy drawing for all stepper controls.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.12 (Dec 13, 2016)

  • The new version fixes a cosmetic bug on macOS Sierra.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.11 (Dec 13, 2016)

  • The new release fixes a crashing bug in the preview pane.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.10 (Sep 6, 2016)

  • The new version delivers some under the hood improvements to drawing code and stepper implementation.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.09 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • The new version fixes a bug when adding MP3 tags to the end of file names.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.08 (Jul 26, 2016)

  • The new version makes some internal changes for better future proofing.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.07 (Jun 7, 2016)

  • The new versions adds the ability to export and import presets to enable easier sharing between team members.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.06 (Apr 13, 2016)

  • The new release adds the ability to move ranges of text.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.05 (Feb 16, 2016)

  • This new release adds experimental support for FLAC audio files.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.04 (Feb 2, 2016)

  • Fixes a software update vulnerability in the Sparkle framework that was exposed on the 29th of January.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.03 (Jan 13, 2016)

  • This release adds the ability to toggle the preview pane on and off, as well as a lot of under-the-hood changes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.02 (Dec 8, 2015)

  • This release fixes a code signing bug that was reported a few hours ago and prevented version 10.01 running on some systems.
  • This issue may also prevent auto-update from working on 10.01 and mean that you may need to manually update your copy by downlading the program from the A Better Finder Rename main page.
  • This release also contains a few minor improvements around the upgrade experience and further modernizes the code base to offer a good platform for further development.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.01 (Dec 1, 2015)

  • This first point update collects a number of minor internal and external changes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.00 (Oct 21, 2015)

  • The first paid upgrade to A Better Finder Rename since February 2012 and features a host of usability improvements.
  • Change highlighting in the Instant Preview makes it easier than ever to dial in changes.
  • Preview Pane displays file contents, meta-data and tags.
  • Multi-Step Interface completely reworked.
  • Aesthetics now reflect Yosemite/ El Capitan minimalist styling.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.00 Beta 4 (Sep 24, 2015)

  • New beta fixes a number of minor bugs:
  • nicer buttons
  • fixes a bug with the Mac App Store receipt validation
  • preview table rows are now the right height when the intermediate column is switched off
  • when migrating version 8/9 presets, the presets become visible immediately

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.00 Beta 3 (Sep 22, 2015)

  • Preview table now looks much tidier and is easier to read
  • The "This Action" column can now be switched off if so desired
  • build using Xcode 7
  • modernized Mac App Store receipt checking
  • improved highlighting of the selected row in the preview table
  • fixes a bug that affected change highlighting
  • other minor bug fixes & cosmetic changes

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.00 Beta 2 (Sep 16, 2015)

  • Introduces the "This Action" preview column that appears when more than one renaming action is active and displays the intermediate results of just that action. This makes it much easier to see the effect of a single action in a multi-step rename.
  • The column shows the file name as processed by the previous action and the result of the currently selected action and highlights changes between them.
  • The second beta also contains some bug fixes and aesthetic refinements.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.53 (Sep 7, 2015)

  • Minor release notes version 10 beta 1 is out.

New in A Better Finder Rename 10.00 Beta 1 (Sep 3, 2015)

  • Takes the concept of an instant preview a step further, by not only previewing the "what" but also the "how" with our new context aware highlighting right within the preview list. This cuts down on trial and error and makes dialing in your actions much more intuitive and fun.
  • Our new preview pane reveals everything A Better Finder Rename knows about a specific file including a graphical preview of its contents and all available meta-data eliminating much guesswork.
  • Many complex renaming tasks require multi-step renaming workflows, but these can be difficult to master. A host of improvements to the multi-step interface makes it much easier and more intuitive to manage large workflows.
  • Finally, A Better Finder Rename 10 now looks better than ever on Apple's new Yosemite and El Capitan operating systems, while retaining backwards compatibility all the way back to Mac OS X 10.7.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.52 (Jul 30, 2015)

  • Improves behaviour when an attempt to rename files on read-only media is made.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.51 (Jun 10, 2015)

  • This release fixes a minor bug and features a lot of behind the scenes changes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.50 (Apr 28, 2015)

  • Improves the startup behaviour.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.49 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Fixes a bug in the regular expressions implementation.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.48 (Mar 18, 2015)

  • Modernizes the preview table implementation and fixes a number of minor bugs.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.47 (Mar 17, 2015)

  • This release modernizes the preview table implementation.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.46 (Feb 25, 2015)

  • This release refines the preferences dialog.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.45 (Feb 11, 2015)

  • This release adds a new tag that allows users to insert the contents of the clipboard into file names.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.44 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • This release fixes the "Show Invisibles" preview option that allows you to see invisible characters, such as spaces and tabs.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.43 (Dec 3, 2014)

  • This release fixes a multi-threading issue.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.42 (Nov 19, 2014)

  • Fixes a sorting bug related to Yosemite's sqlite database.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.41 (Nov 6, 2014)

  • This release adopts a new "flatter" look to blend more easily with the refreshed Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite user interface.
  • The new look is only applied on Yosemite, so the application should look much the same on older Mac OS X versions.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.40 (Sep 24, 2014)

  • This release features a major rehaul of the music tag renaming actions.
  • The user interface is brought in line with the "Tag-Based Renaming" actions and now features a drag & drop based token interface.
  • Also added a number of advanced AAC and MP3 tags to the tag library.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.39 (Aug 19, 2014)

  • Makes a minor improvement to the "Change Existing Number" action.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.38 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • This release solves a rare crashing bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.37 (Jul 22, 2014)

  • This release adds online crash reporting to help us more quickly identify stability issues in future.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.36 (Jun 18, 2014)

  • Improves stability under heavy load. Have had some issues due to changes in how Xcode's LLVM compiler deals with multi-threaded memory management.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.34 (Jun 17, 2014)

  • Fixes an intermittent bug that has been causing trouble for many users. It looks like this was a multi-threading bug that has been around since version 8.0, but never manifested until the latest Mavericks updates.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.33 (Jun 5, 2014)

  • This release ensures that A Better Finder Rename will retain its file selection when you auto-update in the future.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.32 (May 6, 2014)

  • Fixes inaccuracies in the progress reporting.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.31 (Mar 19, 2014)

  • This release improves droplets on Mavericks.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.30 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • This release is the first to adopt the modern Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) memory management architecture and thus benefits from significant performance gains in some areas.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.29 (Jan 14, 2014)

  • This release introduces the new tag.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.28 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • This new release makes a series of small enhancements and minor bug fixes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.27 (Nov 20, 2013)

  • This new release fixes a minor bug that could make A Better Finder Rename fail without an error message.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.26 (Oct 15, 2013)

  • This new release finally retires our beloved multi-step action drawer and replaces it with a more modern design.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.25 (Sep 24, 2013)

  • Fixes a bug in the "Keep Specific Characters" action.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.24 (Aug 15, 2013)

  • This latest version adds the ability to display invisible/ non-printing characters in the file name preview.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.23 (Jul 16, 2013)

  • This release adds a shortcut for going full screen.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.22 (Jul 2, 2013)

  • Adds keyboard shortcuts for removing individual items from the preview list and for clearing the entire list.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.21 (Jun 18, 2013)

  • This release makes it easier to join the new opt-in mailing list.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.20 (Jun 11, 2013)

  • Improves the unlocking mechanism to handle additional special cases.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.19 (Mar 6, 2013)

  • Adds support for reading meta-data tags in a variety of video formats.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.18 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Adds support for the global position system (GPS) tags in photographic images.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.17 (Jan 15, 2013)

  • This releases delivers some UI improvements.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.16 (Nov 28, 2012)

  • Fixes a manual sorting bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.15 (Oct 18, 2012)

  • This releases adds the ability to limit file names to a specific set of letters.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.14 (Sep 12, 2012)

  • This releases fixes a number of minor improvements and fixes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.13 (Aug 21, 2012)

  • This is a bug fix release.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.12 (Aug 20, 2012)

  • The new version improves integration with the Mac App Store version.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.11 (Aug 2, 2012)

  • The new version automatically upgrades old droplets to the new Mountain Lion-compatible version.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.10 (Aug 1, 2012)

  • This latest update fixes a startup problem.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.09 (Jul 31, 2012)

  • This latest update fixes an intermittent droplet problem on Mountain Lion affecting some users.
  • The droplets opened in "Edit" mode instead of processing the files that were dropped on them.
  • This current fix only affects only newly created droplets. In the next few days, we will release a further update that will "update" existing droplets.
  • We are sorry for the inconvenience caused. The droplets were tested with Mountain Lion before the official release, but the GM release appears to have re-introduced an earlier bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.08 (Jul 3, 2012)

  • The new version is ready for Mountain Lion.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.07 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • The 9.07 update substantially reduces the download size, which ballooned up to 24Mb due to the larger artwork and is now back down to 5.7Mb.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.06 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • The new version optimizes drawing and artwork for the new MacBook Pro Retina Display.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.05 (Jun 20, 2012)

  • The new version improves the manual ordering feature by letting you drag multiple items in the preview simultaneously.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.04 (May 17, 2012)

  • The shooting date now defaults to the "Time Date Digitized" timestamp if neither "Time Date Original" nor relevant TIFF information is found.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.03 (Apr 18, 2012)

  • The new version enables you to automatically migrate presets from version 8.
  • In order to use this feature, go to the "File" menu and choose "Migrate Version 8 Presets...".

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.02 (Mar 7, 2012)

  • This minor update fixes a problem that would make the "drag your files and folder here" graphic appear blurry in certain situations.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.01 (Mar 1, 2012)

  • The new version adds the ability to automatically migrate version 8 droplets.

New in A Better Finder Rename 9.0 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • Features a beautiful, re-designed single window user experience, the abilitity to re-order items in the preview list via drag & drop and it provides acess to over one hundred image, photo, color, camera, lens, music and date meta-data tags.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.94 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • The new version if necessary attempts to perform renames using a range of different renaming mechanisms to ensure better compatibility with third party and remote file systems.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.93 (Dec 6, 2011)

  • The new version fixes a bug in the id3 tag reading engine.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.92 (Nov 2, 2011)

  • The new version now supports full screen mode in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.91 (Oct 19, 2011)

  • The new version improves the thumbnail preview in the confirmation dialog and squashes a potential crashing bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.89 (Sep 28, 2011)

  • The new version adds the ability to expand camel case.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.88 (Sep 8, 2011)

  • This new version makes a very minor change to meet Mac App Store submission guidelines.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.87 (Sep 7, 2011)

  • This new version fixes a minor problem with the new music tag reading engine.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.86 (Aug 17, 2011)

  • This new version adds support for reading music meta information in FLAC, AIFF, M4V, OGG and APE files.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.85 (Jul 20, 2011)

  • This new version introduces a new "Lion mode" for renaming files more efficiently on Mac OS X 10.7.
  • This mode is automatically pre-selected when the program is first run on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.84 (Jul 14, 2011)

  • The new version fixes a problem that would cause the new ID3 tag reading engine not to find track number and CD number information.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.83 (Jul 12, 2011)

  • The new version adds a new ID3 tag reading engine that can process your music files up to ten times faster than the old engine.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.82 (Jun 15, 2011)

  • The new version deals more gracefully with symbolic links.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.81 (May 11, 2011)

  • This release improves the way that progress information is displayed:
  • progress is shown within the main window rather than a separate window
  • interactive renaming dialogs appear as sheets rather than modal dialogs
  • the multi-step interface drawer closes automatically during renaming and re-opens on completetion
  • The new version also contains a number of minor bug fixes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.80 (Apr 20, 2011)

  • This release fixes a crashing bug reported yesterday and a cosmetic problem.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.79 (Apr 6, 2011)

  • fixed an unlocking problem affecting customers using Eastern European character encodings
  • fixed preview for file names whose parent folder contains a percent sign
  • fixed spelling mistake
  • improved debugging information is logged to the console
  • A Better Finder Rename 8 is now compiled using the latest XCode 4 developer tools with the LLVM 2.0 compiler

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.78 (Mar 9, 2011)

  • This release fixes a color space problem that made some JPEG file previews seem hazy and makes a number of minor tweaks now that new A Better Finder Rename 8 releases have abandonned Leopard-compatibility.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.77 (Feb 28, 2011)

  • The first Snow Leopard only release of A Better Finder Rename.
  • The internals of the program have been thoroughly modernized and a lot of Mac OS X 10.5 legacy code has been removed in preparation for work starting on ensuring that A Better Finder Rename will be fully Mac OS X 10.7 Lion-compatible.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.76 (Feb 15, 2011)

  • This release adds an option to allow the logging of debug information to the console to be switched off. We recommend that you leave this switched on as it greatly facilitates debugging and helps us provide you with a bug-free product.
  • This is also probably going to be the last Mac OS 10.5 Leopard compatible release.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.75 (Jan 28, 2011)

  • This is a minor release making it easier to purchase from the Mac App Store.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.74 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • This release adds the option for new users to buy A Better Finder Rename 8 from the Mac App Store.
  • A Better Finder Rename is now available on the Mac App Store under the name "Better Rename 8".
  • Apple asked us to change the product name to remove the "Finder" reference.
  • A Better Finder Rename 8 will continue to be available from our own web site and we will obviously honour forever upgrades and continue to offer discounted major upgrades and bundles. In other words, nothing will change for existing customers nor will new customers be treated any different.
  • The decision to buy on the Mac App Store or directly from us is a matter of your personal preference. We are happy either way.
  • Please understand that if you buy from the Mac App Store, you buy into Apple's way of running things and we us developers have very limited influence over how Apple manages the Mac App Store.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.73 (Jan 19, 2011)

  • This release adds two new text moving actions:
  • Move text in front of existing text
  • Move text after existing text

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.72 (Dec 26, 2010)

  • Fixes the droplet feature which was broken amid Mac App Store changes for version 8.71. Sorry.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.71 (Dec 14, 2010)

  • This release delivers the first installment of new text moving actions.
  • Move text to position
  • Move text to front
  • Move text to end

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.70 (Nov 10, 2010)

  • This release makes performance and memory management improvements.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.69 (Oct 13, 2010)

  • This release makes further improvements to the unicode handling.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.68 (Sep 30, 2010)

  • Allows for larger starting values for sequence numbers.
  • Updates uninstall instructions for Snow Leopard.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.67 (Sep 15, 2010)

  • This release adds new options for inserting space saving alphabetical sequences into file names.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.66 (Sep 6, 2010)

  • This release fixes a bug in the 'Insert Sequence Number At Position' renaming action introduced in the last release.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.65 (Aug 25, 2010)

  • Adds the abilitity to insert file path components to the front or the back of existing text or at a particular position.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.64 (Aug 11, 2010)

  • This release introduces a new category of renaming actions allowing you to insert path components in a variety of ways.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.63 (Jul 21, 2010)

  • The new release improves the compatibility of the "rename from file list" feature with tab delimited text files exported from Mircosoft Excel.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.62 (Jul 14, 2010)

  • The new release adds new renaming actions to the folder name category:
  • insert folder name at position
  • insert folder name in front of existing text
  • insert folder name at the end of existing text

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.61 (Jun 23, 2010)

  • The new release fixes a rare crashing bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.60 (Jun 2, 2010)

  • The new release provides three additional ways of inserting roman numerals into file names:
  • insert in front of existing text
  • insert to end of existing text
  • insert at position

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.59 (May 10, 2010)

  • The new release updates the help book with advice on how to best handle very large renaming jobs.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.58 (Apr 20, 2010)

  • The new release allows the automatic loading of EXIF information for image files to be switched off.
  • This can result in a huge performance boost for all renaming actions that do not require this information, especially when working with large files over a network.
  • Disabling the feature will, however, lead to incorrect sorting when using the EXIF information.
  • Our advice would be to leave the option switched on unless you are looking at very large jobs over a network.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.57 (Apr 13, 2010)

  • This new release adds an option to disable the Quick Look thumbnail creation for the confirmation dialog.
  • While it can be a great help to see a thumbnail of each picture or document that you are about to rename, if you are working with very large file sizes (e.g. digital camera raw files, medical scans, huge PDFs, etc.) or with files on a slow server, the thumbnail creation can become very slow.
  • As this is not such a common scenario, by default thumbnail creation remains switched off.
  • For those special jobs, however, where the thumbnail creation process is slowing you down, you can now disable it in the "Preferences..." dialog and you will be presented with the item's icon instead.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.56 (Apr 7, 2010)

  • This release adds support for random sorting in the sequence number, roman numerals and alphabetical sequence renaming actions.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.55 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • This release fixes a minor bug that would allow the multi-step drawer to be closed but not re-opened under a set of infrequent conditions.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.54 (Mar 10, 2010)

  • Allows droplets to be locked so that they cannot be edited by double clicking them.
  • This can be useful for system administrators who need to distribute droplets to end-user and want to avoid them being edited by mistake.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.53 (Mar 3, 2010)

  • This release adds a new action that removes all diacritical marks (accents, umlauts, etc) from file names.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.52 (Feb 24, 2010)

  • This release further improves the handling of international character sets and fixes a minor bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.51 (Feb 3, 2010)

  • This release adds a new "Replace using regular expressions" action to the "Advanced & Special" category that acts in a way familiar to most software developers and unix geeks.
  • The action that was formerly known under that name is still available as "Re-arrange using regular expressions" and continues to work as before. You should not have any problems with your existing droplets or presets.
  • Please note that regular expressions are an advanced feature, that may be completely unsuitable for casual computer users. They are very powerful, but basically also represent a particularly cryptic programming language in their own right and have a big learning curve. The documentation links to external resources for learning about regular expressions.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.50 (Jan 29, 2010)

  • This new release fixes a problem introduced by the additional safety checks in version 8.49 released two days ago.
  • The problem occurred only when you were attempting to change the case of a file name (e.g. convert to uppercase, lowercase, sentence case). In this scenario version 8.49 would refuse to rename the file because a file of the same name already existed (HFS+ is case preserving but not case sensitive).

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.49 (Jan 27, 2010)

  • This is a recommended update for all 8.x users. It fixes an extremely rare but potentially serious bug.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.48 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • This is a minor update that removes the current restriction of the step value in the sequence number actions having to be no greater than 255.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.47 (Jan 6, 2010)

  • This new version replaces the old RegExLib regular expression library with its modern RegExLibLite counterpart that uses the ICU library that is built into Leopard and Snow Leopard. This should result in faster regular expressions processing and more elegant international character set handling, as well as cutting down on the application size.
  • The next version of A Better Finder Rename 8 will deliver further enhancements based on this new library. There are detailed differences between the old and the new libraries, but this should not have much effect on run-of-the-mill regular expressions use. Please consult the "Help" menu for more information.
  • The new version also makes the accurate but very slow calculation of folder sizes introduced in 8.43 optional and switches it off by default. If you need accurate folder and bundle sizes you can switch this feature on in the preferences. Calculating the size of a folder involves calculating the size of all the files and sub-folders that it contains and can thus be very slow (try Get Info... in the Finder). This speed penality can't be justified if like most people you never use the "sort by file size" feature.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.46 (Dec 21, 2009)

  • The new version fixes a minor bug that could cause the preset description not to be saved correctly.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.45 (Dec 9, 2009)

  • The new version fixes two minor bugs:
  • Full posix path file lists are now correctly recognized again
  • A rare bug in the "remove a range of characters" action

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.44 (Dec 2, 2009)

  • The new version adds support for using roman numerals in file names.
  • You can produce a roman numeral list (e.g. Chapter I, Chapter II, etc.) or insert roman numerals at the beginning or end of the file name.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.43 (Nov 30, 2009)

  • The new version now correctly calculates the size of bundle files.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.42 (Nov 24, 2009)

  • Improves unicode support for better international character set support.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.41 (Nov 19, 2009)

  • This bug fix release is a recommended upgrade for all users of versions 8.39 and 8.40.
  • Version 8.39 introduced a regression that broke the handling of case sensitive file names.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.40 (Nov 18, 2009)

  • This release makes significant improvements to the "rename from file list" feature.
  • It introduces a new simplified way of specifying current name/ new name pairs in tab delimited text files to complement the existing full path/ new name format. It also features several minor improvements in error reporting, saving file lists, updates the documentation regarding these features, etc.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.39 (Nov 16, 2009)

  • This release addresses a potentially serious bug and is a recommended upgrade for all A Better Finder Rename 8 users.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.38 (Nov 11, 2009)

  • Fixes a bug affecting fast typists only.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.37 (Nov 9, 2009)

  • The new release dramatically speeds up the file comments (aka spotlight comments) protection feature introduced in the previous version.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.36 (Oct 28, 2009)

  • The new release is a recommended upgrade for all A Better Finder Rename 8 users with an up-to-date Leopard or Snow Leopard installation.
  • It prevents file comment comment loss by explictly copying the file comments from the old file to the "new" file. This behaviour can be switchd off in the preferences but is switched on by default.
  • Apple's file comment (aka Spotlight comment) implementation is notoriously fragile with file comments disappearing for all kinds of reasons, including moving files to non HFS+ volumes, deleting .DS_Store files, moving files outside of the Finder (e.g. via the terminal), saving documents to new locations, archiving and un-archiving files, putting them under version control, etc, etc. For that reason, we strongly advise against using file comments to keep track of important data.
  • It appears that after taking several years to (recently) fix file comment loss for many standard API calls, Apple have managed to "break" file comments again with recent updates to Leopard and Snow Leopard (worked on 10.6.0). It is thus possible that you will lose file comments if you use previous versions of A Better Finder Rename.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.34 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • This release fixes a cosmetic issue on Snow Leopard and enables Command-W closing of the application.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.33 (Oct 21, 2009)

  • This release contains significant improvements to the handling of unlock codes and should make unlocking the product significantly less error prone.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.32 (Oct 5, 2009)

  • Fixes a rare problem with composed unicode characters affecting the "rename from file list" feature.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.31 (Oct 1, 2009)

  • The new release allows A Better Finder Rename to be used as part of your ImageCapture workflow on Snow Leopard.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.30 (Sep 23, 2009)

  • The new release includes a new version of the preferences pane that handles system with a legacy A Better Finder Launcher installation more gracefully.
  • Also fixes a minor bug where the number of renamed files was reported incorrectly under particular circumstances.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.29 (Sep 16, 2009)

  • Addresses a problem when trying to rename files containing a forward slash on Snow Leopard.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.28 (Sep 9, 2009)

  • Fixes crash when reading a lot of mp3 tags.
  • Help book updated with instructions on how to get the "A Better Finder Rename 8..." service to appear in the Finder's contextual menu.
  • Preference pane updated.
  • Uninstalls pre-Snow Leopard components that are no loner required.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.27 (Aug 12, 2009)

  • The new version allows the program to be triggered from the Services menu and prepares it for Snow Leopard.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.25 (Jul 23, 2009)

  • This release contains multiple bug fixes for rare multi-threading issues:
  • preview thread could potentially become stuck
  • preview thread could potentially fail
  • The new release also improves the regular expression matching algorithm to more elegantly deal with unicode composed character sequences (e.g. French accents, umlauts, etc).

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.24 (Jul 13, 2009)

  • Fixes a bug affecting 8.23.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.23 (Jul 8, 2009)

  • Adds new ways of using MP3/AAC tags to rename rename music files:
  • Add tags at the front of the file name.
  • Add tags to the front of existing text.
  • Add tags at the end of the file name.
  • Add tags after existings text.
  • Add tags at position.
  • Other changes:
  • Preference pane now correctly reports A Better Finder Attributes update information.
  • Fixed a potential crashing bug.
  • Refined music tags actions on screen layout.
  • Other minor refinements and fixes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.22 (Jun 25, 2009)

  • Fixes a display issue with file names that contain forward slashes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.21 (Jun 10, 2009)

  • Much faster "prepare for renaming" stage.
  • Much faster preview when using the multi-step rename interface.
  • Lower memory utilization.
  • Spelling mistakes corrected.
  • Improved error reporting.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.20 (May 28, 2009)

  • The new version provides easy all-in-one error reporting and fixes compatibility with some G5-based systems.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.19 (May 27, 2009)

  • Main window now has a close buttion in the title bar.
  • File name swapping is now more reliable.
  • Addresses a rare situation where the renaming engine could potentially have locked.
  • The action drawer now draws and resizes correctly despite a Leopard GC bug.
  • Improved error reporting.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.18 (May 6, 2009)

  • The new version features an improved renaming engine that is faster, uses less memory and can process larger rename jobs.
  • It also resolves a crashing issue that affected some Mac OS X configurations under version 8.17.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.17 (Apr 24, 2009)

  • This release fixes problems on older Macs equipped with 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.16 (Apr 23, 2009)

  • The move to 64-bit did not go as well with "The Big Mean Folder Machine" a few months ago and some bugs crept in that this releases fixes.
  • The automatic updates that are downloaded by the application are now digitally signed to added security.
  • The Finder contextual menu now works correctly again.
  • The main window focuses correctly upon launch.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.15 (Apr 22, 2009)

  • This release takes A Better Finder Rename 8 to a 64-bit garbage collected architecture and prepares the ground for important scalability and performance improvements that we hope to deliver in the next two releases.
  • A direct link to our brand-new support forums has been added to the "Help" menu and minor updates to the optional contextual menu plugin, hot key and system preferences modules are included.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.1.4 (Apr 22, 2009)

  • This release fixes a bug affecting file name conflict resolution resolution.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.1.3 (Mar 27, 2009)

  • This release fixes a bug affecting the conversion to legal Windows NTFS/SMB and Mac OS 9 file names.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.1.2 (Mar 18, 2009)

  • The new version protects iPhoto and iTunes libraries from accidental damage.
  • You should never directly rename files that are under the control of management application such as iPhoto and iTunes because you risk damaging meta-data held by such applications, such as albums, play lists, etc. You should first export the files you want to rename before changing their names.
  • A Better Finder Rename 8 now brings up a warning dialog when you attempt to make such a modification.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.1.1 (Feb 18, 2009)

  • This release improves the usability of the "Remove specific characters" and "Replace specific characters" actions to avoid confusion with similar text-based features.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.1 (Feb 9, 2009)

  • Focuses on performance and memory utilization.
  • The conflict resolution stage is now much faster for large jobs and the performance of all stages of the renaming pipeline has been improved.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.9 (Jan 27, 2009)

  • This fixes a problem with the new preview list refresh feature introduced in 8.0.8.
  • The preview is now correctly refreshed when the renaming operation is cancelled.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.8 (Jan 14, 2009)

  • The preview list is no longer cleared at the end of a renaming session
  • This enables you to perform multiple renames one step at a time, but in general you should still prefer using the multi-step renaming feature, because this only resolves file name conflicts once and not multiple times giving you a cleaner result if intermediary steps cause file name conflicts.
  • The new behaviour is switched on by default, so if you prefer the old behaviour you need to switch it off in the "Preferences..." dialog box.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.7 (Dec 22, 2008)

  • In a recent Mac OS X update, Apple have corrected a long standing bug that affected the renaming of files containing the forward slash character.
  • This has made the workaround used by A Better Finder Rename to remedy this bug obsolete and prevented it from renaming such files correctly itself.
  • This new release removes the workaround and restores A Better Finder Rename's ability to rename to file names containing forward slashes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.6 (Dec 17, 2008)

  • This release fixes a bug in the preference pane component.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.5 (Dec 10, 2008)

  • This new release adds the ability to remove blocks of numbers from existing file names.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.4 (Nov 26, 2008)

  • The new release adds new renaming actions to the Date & Time category:
  • Insert date/ time in front of existing text
  • Insert date/ time after existing text
  • Insert date/ time at position
  • It also contains a number of minor improvements and fixes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.3 (Nov 3, 2008)

  • Provides the option of switching off the automatic file name conflict resolution feature during the preview.
  • When handling large numbers of files this can dramatically speed up the previewing speed of the application since the conflict resolution is the most time-consuming part of the preview computation.
  • You can switch the conflict resolution on or off in the little "gear" menu under preview table at any moment. By default it is switched off, so you'll need to switch it on explicitly to preview conflict resolution results.
  • Whatever the preview settings, conflict resolution is always performed before any files are renamed.
  • In addition, also adds a few new conflict resolution schemes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.2 (Oct 27, 2008)

  • Fixes a date sorting bug affecting only dates before the 1st of January 2000.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0.1 (Oct 14, 2008)

  • Adds three new ways of inserting image dimensions into the file name.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0 Beta 7 (Sep 9, 2008)

  • Includes an Apple Help Book to replace online help.
  • Fixed a problem with droplet settings not being saved correctly.
  • Fixed a problem where settings were not preserved between runs.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0 Beta 6 (Aug 27, 2008)

  • Faster conflict resolution.
  • More accurate progress information.
  • Some cosmetic changes.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0 Beta 5 (Aug 19, 2008)

  • Introduces the new Saveable Presets feature.
  • Regular expressions action fixed.
  • Easier to use on smaller displays.
  • Context menu no longer displays entry for version 7, if this has been removed.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0 Beta 4 (Aug 11, 2008)

  • The automatic conflict resolution feature now behaves correctly.
  • The "silent" setting of droplets is now respected.
  • The progress information dialog now appears without delay.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0 Beta 3 (Aug 8, 2008)

  • This release fixes a crashing bug introduced in yesterday's second beta.
  • Version 8 is a major upgrade and free to customers who have purchased the product after the 1st of January 2007 or who own a forever license. Other users will need to purchase an upgrade.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0 Beta 3 (Aug 8, 2008)

  • This release fixes a crashing bug introduced in yesterday's second beta.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0 Beta 2 (Aug 6, 2008)

  • Fixes a rare bug that affects only complex renames.
  • Correctly shows the hot key component settings in the System Preferences pane, even if no previous version of A Better Finder Rename is installed.
  • Delivers an approximate speed increase of 30%.
  • Upgrades the Sparkle software update framework.
  • Adds a shortcut key for activating the multi-step interface.
  • Makes a few cosmetic improvements.

New in A Better Finder Rename 8.0 Beta 1 (Aug 4, 2008)

  • Fully resizable single window with larger preview area.
  • Renaming actions are now organized into 7 intuitive categories.
  • And too many other refinements to list individually.
  • Is now database-backed for larger renames and more advanced features.
  • Automatically resolves file name conflicts by inserting configurable distinguishers at the end of conflicting file names.
  • Previews all files that will be renamed (no longer limited to 250 items).
  • Fully multi-threaded means that the UI never blocks even when previewing or renaming large renaming jobs.
  • Optimizes the order in which items are renamed so as to avoid "deadlocks" (i.e. situations where one file can't be renamed because a previous file has not yet been renamed).
  • Extensive progress information is provided at each stage (no more beach balling).
  • Automatic software updates via Sparkle.

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.9.3 (Jul 31, 2008)

  • The new release fixes a memory leak in the "Add Image Dimensions" rename action.

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.9.2 (Jul 17, 2008)

  • remove vowels action fixed
  • replace with regular expression fixed
  • context menu, preference pane & hot key components updated in anticipation of version 8

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.9.1 (Jul 7, 2008)

  • Minor bug fix release: fixes contextual menu problems.

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.9 (Jun 26, 2008)

  • The new release adds support for UTF-16 ID3 tags in MP3 music files.

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.8 (May 21, 2008)

  • This is a minor update that improves the unlock procedure.

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.7.1 (Apr 2, 2008)

  • Improved support for site licensing.

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.7 (Feb 20, 2008)

  • Adds a new "convert to sentence case" rename action.

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.6.1 (Feb 8, 2008)

  • Two minor bug fixes: file names can now never include the illegal ":" character, droplet mode has been further bullet-proofed

New in A Better Finder Rename 7.9.4 (Oct 24, 2007)

  • Adds Leopard support and improves default preview sorting.