Filewrangler Status Report
Just wanted to give a quick status update on how things are going with filewrangler. My plans to work on a dot update we’re thrown under a bus, almost literally. I was recently struck from behind by a bus and had to go to the hospital. I’m recovering well right now, but I can’t say programming has been of such importance to me during my healing time.
Now that I’m feeling more like myself, I have given some thought about how to address certain challenges filewrangler’s unique interface poses to certain renaming needs. I’m starting to hash out how to handle the UI needs and make filewrangler even more useful and valuable to the steadily increasing user base.
I would like to point out that the Mac App Store has provided great support for the future longevity of filewrangler. My competition, one priced higher and one with less history than filewrangler, both seem to be consistently outselling filewrangler. If you enjoy the program and want to support its future growth, I humbly urge you to leave a review on your blog, on the Mac App Store, or just spread the word. I understand the interface is such that some may not want to invest in the learning curve, but I wouldn’t have built it if I didn’t truly think it represents a large, logical step forward in the tools it provides.
I hope you feel the same, and I hope that at $6.99 you find it to be of sufficient value and utility to spread a little grassroots love around the Macintosh user community, wherever your influence may lie.
I just purchased this app today and find the price to be more than fair. It’s a little different from the PC world where there is a freeware solution for almost anything, but after a week of being a mac user I’ve found you definitely get what you pay for.
On the PC I was using ‘Bulk Rename Utility’, and while it’s interface was confusing at first, it had unmatched power. You could pull off some amazing renames in one pass.
The only thing I would like to see added to filewrangler is the ability to either insert text at an arbitrary location at any point in the chain, or build a chain of builder sets to carry out multi-pass renames in one go.
I look forward to seeing what comes next.
Hey Christopher,
First off thanks for the app, it really helped me out. I had been looking for the Mac equivalent of Lupas Rename 2000 and Filewrangler while far more limited did the trick.
If you are looking for features to add to extend the appeal I would definitely recommend that you take a look at Lupas Rename and plunder some of its features. Specifically adding builders to crop left n / crop right n characters, and builders to assign MP3 and EXIF meta data tags as parts of the file name.
Will be posting a positive review up on the app store. Thanks again, hope you keep developing it in the future.