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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Once in a while, you may have a need to rename a few dozen or so files. Be it their file names or file extensions. Either way, if you’re not in need for utility to do this often, paying $20 for A Better Finder Rename (ABFR) is a bit steep, even though it’s probably the best one out there. At one time, FileWranger was the way to go, but as it stands, 1.2.1 is no longer available as Christopher Drum’s, the author, web site is no longer live (a .Mac account.)
Fortunately there are still a couple of other free-bees out there and we found Peter Maurer’s File List v1.2 just what we needed. While it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of ABFR, it still does the small task of changing file names just fine.
File List does more than just making renaming files easy and fast. It will also build playlists with a simple drag of music files. Easy export to your favorite music player such as iTunes.
One more excellent feature commonly found on shareware and that’s the addition of droplets. What’s droplets you ask? Well, Maurer describes it as, “proxy applications that store a given configuration. They make it ridiculously easy to use File List repeatedly for different, alternating purposes. And they even support drag & drop!” Nice.
So if you have a basic need for renaming some files and don’t want to shell out a ton of cash for it, check out File List. We like it and for what it costs, we couldn’t be any happier with it.
By the way, if you do like the app and find yourself using it often, help Maurer continue development and donate a Euro or two.
November 22nd, 2006 at 2:05
I was just alerted to this article and wanted to say that FileWrangler is back up online. I was slow to create my new website and in the meantime my .Mac account expired. As such, there was a time when FileWrangler wasn’t available. For this, I apologize. Please download FileWrangler 1.2.1 at the new address:
http://software.christopherdrum.com/filewrangler
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