<h2>Tools to sort, rename, and organize your files...</h2>
Seems like the operating system would be best for managing your files, but this isn't always the case. Several times, I'd want to rename a whole batch of files, or maybe I'd want to fix the creation times of my pictures. As usual, the free stuff is always best - there's no reason to buy bloated software for essential needs as these. Below are the best I've found. Feel free to suggest more.
<h3>Programs and Tools</h3>
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Ant Renamer - Lets you rename a batch of files to either a pattern, date and time, EXIF info, and more. Very light - does pretty much everything.
CCleaner - Wipes free space, especially useful for Solid State Drives (SSD) to
boost performance. SSDs tend to slow down after more files are written to it; this would "reset" the free space a bit.
DriveImage XML - Freeware for cloning/copying hard drives, if you don't want to shell out money for something like
Acronis (a lot more reliable but expensive).
JPEG Timestamp Modifier - Modify the creation/modified times of multiple jpeg files, either by shifting increments in seconds/hours or renaming to the EXIF info.
MacDrive - Allows Windows to open a hard drive with the MAC HFS file system. Program isn't free though. If anyone knows a free alternative, let me know.
Raise Data Recovery for HFS+ - Very handy tool for opening Mac drives in Windows and either exploring the current file system or recovering/repairing. Lets you browse and search as opposed to just scanning like most other recovery software.
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<h3>Information and Resources</h3>
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iPhoto Pictures Location - Getting around the abstraction iPhoto creates to hide the physical files. Quite necessary if you're, for example, trying to recover files off a corrupted drive. The
incredible difficulty in finding this answer was rather humorous.
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