NameQuick 1.9.29
AI-powered file renaming that just works.
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Rename legal documents, research articles, and scans automatically with clear, informative filenames.
Automatically organize invoices and receipts by extracting key details like vendor names, dates, and amounts.
Instantly rename photos with descriptive labels derived from image content or metadata for easy reference.
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Use local models from Ollama for faster, offline renaming with full control over your data.
The developer says that Apple’s Foundation Models Framework is currently too unreliable and not powerful enough with its limited context window, so you need to use either Gemini, OpenAI, or Ollama. I tried it with Gemini and found that it was much better and faster than ScanSnap at pulling out names and dates from receipts, even finding some text that I could barely read myself.
I found the app itself a little hard to use. You can’t just drag and drop files onto its Dock icon, and dragging and dropping into the window didn’t properly apply the name template that I’d created and chosen. What worked best was setting up a Watch Folder. I wish it were sandboxed and supported AppleScript. NameQuick is $19 (one-time, bring your own API keys) or you can pay $5 or more per month with managed AI credits included.
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There's also Sortio, which can both rename files and sort them into directories based on a user prompt. It's a great idea, but it might be vibe-coded, because features randomly stop and start working again after updates. When it works, it works great, but then it randomly stops working or forgets its own settings after updates.
I think this is a cool idea, but seeing their demo video tells me it’s not for me. Taking a photo from unsplash and renaming it purely on the content while stripping the original creator’s name (featured prominently in the original filename) feels like a bad move.
