NameCleaner X 2.5.5 review

NameCleaner is a utility for the Macintosh OS to manipulate file names and types.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 498K Developer: Sig Software Buy Now Price: $20.00 Updated: 26 Apr 2006

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NameCleaner is a utility for the Macintosh OS to manipulate file names and types. There are three main areas where it is useful : Preparing files created on a Macintosh for use in DOS, Windows or UNIX. Applying a general file name filter to many files and folders in one go. Preparing files created in DOS, Windows, UNIX for use on a Macintosh.

Here are some key features of "NameCleaner X":
Includes preconfigured settings for MS-DOS, Unix and Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2 and XP.
Includes a Contextual Menu Module for instant desktop cleaning.
Built-in mappings for over 100 PC extensions and 100 Macintosh file types.
Fully featured find-and-replace including wildcards and regular expressions.
Customizable capitalization and sequential file numbering.
All operations can be previewed before they are performed.
Allows multiple sets of options to be stored and used.
Produces a full report of all cleaning operations.
Includes comprehensive documentation.

Limitations:
Trial version will only clean the first 20 files or folders before requiring relaunch or quit.

What's New:
Released as Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel Macs.
Added option to keep extensions in PC to Mac Suffixes cleaner.
Minor user interface improvements.