Namexif VS NameChanger

If you’re using Windows you can sort the folders by Date Taken or use a tool like NameExif to rename your photos by the date taken in 2023-06-20 12:00 format so they sort correctly. Source: 10 months ago

Https://us.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html I mean, this is like the first result on a Google search. I'm sure there are more sophisticated options if you dig harder. Source: 12 months ago

I used NameExif https://us.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html first to rename all my files into created YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-[event (optional)], then ran exifsort to move them all into YYYY-MM folders. Source: about 1 year ago

The Date Taken data should be preserved which is more important than the file date. You can sort your folders by Date Taken or what I do is use NameExif to rename my photos by date/time taken, which means they’ll always sort correctly and the info can never be accidentally lost. Source: almost 2 years ago

Alternatively what I do is rename my pictures by the date taken so they sort chronologically by file name using an app called Name Exif. Source: almost 2 years ago

NameChanger - really powerful batch file name editing utility. Source: 11 months ago

I just tried this out using NameChanger, the renamer app I've been using for a few years. Here's what it looks like. Source: about 1 year ago

Try NameChanger I haven't used it in a while but used to work really well. https://mrrsoftware.com/namechanger/. Source: over 1 year ago

This one is free and can handle simple rules: https://mrrsoftware.com/namechanger/. Source: over 1 year ago

For slightly complex rule that involves RegEx, get NameChanger. Source: almost 2 years ago