Easily rename your academic paper file to more readable name using the title of the paper.
Paper Renamer is a dedicated MacOS application that transforms the pdftitle Python script into a native MacOS app using Platypus. It packages the script into a MacOS application bundle, complete with an executable that runs the script.
Available packages
- Download the latest DMG file from the releases page here. Choose between Paper Renamer and Paper Renamer Daemon depending on your requirements. For background renaming of papers without a GUI, right-click on PDF files and select "Open With Paper Renamer Daemon."
- Open the DMG file by double-clicking it, which will display a Finder window. Drag the app icon to your Applications folder to install.
Manual build and installation
A Platypus profile is provided to save the configuration settings necessary for building the app. You can find the Python script, pdftohtml tool, and icon files in the Resources directory.
- First, install Platypus.
- Open the
Paper Renamer.platypusprofile by double-clicking, or load it in Platypus via the menu (Profiles → Load Profile...). Adjust the configuration as needed. - Press "Create App" to build the application.
- Transfer the
Paper Renamer.appinto your Applications folder.
Launch Paper Renamer.app to start renaming your PDF files. You can rename files by dragging and dropping them into the app’s window or by selecting files through the menu.
For a quick rename, right-click on a PDF file, select "Open With," and then choose "Paper Renamer" to automatically rename the file based on its title. For an improved experience, it is recommended to change the Platypus Interface option from Droplet to None. This will ensure that no GUI window appears, allowing for silent renaming without interruption.
Special thanks to Uwe Dauernheim for developing the pdftitle tool, Sveinbjorn Thordarson for creating Platypus, and Sindre Sorhus for the create-dmg tool which simplifies DMG creation.
- poppler (pdftohtml), a PDF rendering library.
- FreeType, a freely available software library to render fonts.
- Fontconfig, a library for configuring and customizing font access.
- libjpeg, a free library for JPEG image compression.
- libpng, the free reference library for reading and writing PNGs.
- LibTIFF, a library for reading and writing TIFF.
The code is available under the BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License. The icon, created by phatplus from www.flaticon.com, is licensed under CC 3.0 BY.