I've been a Mac user for 20 years and I was missing out...! The god-tier Mac feature that 'batch renames & converts to JPG' 100 images in a second is incredible

I've been a Mac user for a little over 20 years.
I've done everything on a Mac: design, writing, video production, and document creation.
There's hardly a day that goes by where I don't open my Mac.

So, I thought I knew pretty much everything there was to know about Macs.

But, right at the beginning of this year,
I joined my son for an Apple Store beginner session called 'Get Started: Mac,' and my pride was shattered in the best way possible.

I went there intending to teach my son, but then I witnessed the magic of 'three-finger and four-finger gestures.'
Every time the screen swiped away, my son and I would get excited, saying, 'Whoa, what is this? That's amazing!'

And then, yesterday.
As I started challenging myself to sell images on Adobe Stock, a question I casually threw at Kiano (Gemini) led me to discover an evenshocking fact.

It turns out that 'batch renaming & JPG conversion' can be done using only standard Mac features.

Now that I know this, the task of renaming or converting the format of a massive number of image files is no longer scary.

I'm going to charge straight ahead toward my goal of[Register 500 images by the end of March]✊

So, with that said.
Here are two god-tier Mac features that stock photo creators should know.
I'll introduce them now.

Let's go!

1. The 'Batch Rename' trick hidden in a two-finger click (right-click)

When you're creating assets with generative AI or trying your hand at stock photography, you'll find that a huge number of images pile up in your folders before you know it.

I don't remember what task it was for back in the day, but I once had to rename a massive number of files on Windows, and at that time, I used a tool to do a batch rename.
So, I assumed there must be a similar tool for Mac, and I asked my partner Kiano (Gemini) about it.

Then, it simply said,
'You can actually do that with standard Mac features without using any external tools,'and I was floored.

The method is so simple it's anticlimactic. ← I'm floored again

1. Select all target images (Command + A)

2. Right-click and select 'Rename'

3. Just choose 'Format,' enter your preferred name and starting number!

With just this, your messy file names will be beautifully organized in an instant.

2. You don't even need Preview. Blazing-fast 'JPG conversion'

What was even more shocking was the conversion from PNG to JPG.
Opening them one by one in the Preview app to 'Export' is honestly way too tedious, so when I asked Kiano, 'Is there a tool for this?', well...
This was also unexpectedly'You can do it with standard features.'was the reply I got.

Here is how to do it.

1. Select the images and right-click

2. 'Quick Actions' -> 'Convert Image'

3. Select 'JPEG' and convert!

Wow!
With just this, you can instantly create JPGs for Adobe Stock submissions while keeping the original files.

No matter how many images you have, it's truly instantaneous!

I can't believe this feature existed...
Mac is insane. It's too god-tier.

[Summary]

After 20 years of Mac experience, I feel like I've finally discovered the 'true potential of the Mac' for the first time this year.

Switching screens with gestures I learned at the Apple Store, and organizing a massive amount of images with a single right-click.

Before looking for convenient external tools, try trusting the power of the Mac first.

If you have 30 minutes saved, you can run several different image generations with other prompts.
I want to leave the tedious work to the Mac and AI, and spend my time on the most fun part: daydreaming about 'what should I make next?'
This might just be the luxurious way for creators in the Reiwa era to play.

Thank you for reading until the end!

Even after using a Mac for a long time, there are still things I don't know.
Realizing that itself was a somewhat happy discovery.

If this article became a trigger for you to think
'I didn't know that!'
or 'I want to try that!', I would be very happy.

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