
That’s because renaming a single file or folder is done through the item name itself, either by clicking the file name or pressing the Return key while the file or folder is selected. Oh, and by the way, if you select a single item in the Finder and right-click, you’ll notice that the “Rename” feature is missing from the context menu. That Automator script continues to work in modern versions of OS X, just less of the need now that the Mac includes a native utility to perform bulk renaming functions. The Rename Finder Items feature requires the Mac to be running MacOS / Mac OS X 10.10 or higher to have this feature available, earlier versions of Mac OS X can batch rename files by using this Automator tool instead. There are tons of purposes for bulk renaming, and for those who make heavy use of the file system, you will likely find yourself using this feature very often. Renaming batches is undeniably useful whether used to give many files more descriptive file names, or even to reduce long file names to shorter ones.
