There are lots of messes in our lives to clean up and one many people forget to think about is the mess in your computer. For most of us we set up our computer and plan to keep it nice and organized.
In the beginning you may have kept all of your picture files in one directory. Back then you probably tried to make sure that every file was named so you knew exactly what it was as soon as you looked at it. But that file naming system didn’t get put on every photo file as time went by. The problem may have started when people began e-mailing you pictures that had different filenames than the system you would regularly use.
It won’t take long before your computer is a jumbled mess and you need to get down to work and rename files so you can start to figure out just what is what. There are a few ways to go about this.
The first option is to go through and click on the files one at a time and change the name, and then move them to the directory where you want them. This really isn’t such a bad way to go if you only have a couple of files that you need to alter or move.
But it will take way too long to do them individually if you have a lot of files that need to be moved or have a name change. This is when you need a batch renamer program. You can alter lots of files at once with this type of program. For example, if you have a bunch of pictures of your last family reunion that are not named properly, you can highlight all of those pictures at once and with this type of file renamer change all of their names to something that makes sense in seconds. With no time wasted you can have all those files sorted out and exactly where you want them with this type of program.
You can easily drag large groups of pictures that are in the wrong place to the directory where you want them and with just a click change all of their names to match as well.
As soon as you enlist the help of a batch renamer program you’ll love keeping your computer neat and organized because it will just take a few minutes.