What's New in NameQuick: May 2026 Roundup

NameQuick ships improvements weekly — most weeks, more than once. Rather than asking you to read nineteen sets of release notes, this monthly digest rounds up everything that landed between May 2 and June 8, 2026 (versions 2.11.24 through 2.11.44), grouped by what it changes in your day-to-day instead of by version number.

#Rules and watch folders do more of the work

Rules got the biggest upgrade of the month:

• Saved rules now run on files that are already in your watch folders. After saving a rule, NameQuick offers to apply it to matching existing files — no waiting for new files to arrive before a rule takes effect.
• A guided rule composer turns setup into a step-by-step sentence, and your rule list is now searchable.
• Move rules state their intent. The editor now asks whether a destination like 2026.backups is a new file name or a folder to move into, so ambiguous destinations behave the way you expect.
• Test rules on demand. A clear Test button checks a rule against sample files whenever you're ready — and folder moves, nested destinations, and counters all behave more consistently.

#Search finds the words inside your files

Content Search learned to look past file names:

• NameQuick now finds text inside PDFs, images, scanned documents, and supported document and text files — so a file shows up even when the matching words appear nowhere in its name.
• The content index shows visible progress in Settings and the main window, so you can always tell when NameQuick is still working through your files.

#Rename a one-off batch without setup

Not every folder deserves permanent watching, and the casual path got much shorter:

• Quick Process handles one-off jobs: drop a folder or a few files, choose what to rename, and run a temporary batch — no watch folder required.
• A new rename mode menu in the toolbar switches between renaming automatically and reviewing each name first — see Rename Modes for how the two flows compare.
• The Audit view grew into History: past renames in a searchable timeline with batch grouping, file details, and clearer undo and redo.
• When something does go wrong, problems now appear as scannable cards with next steps, and you can copy a shareable report from any processing run.

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#Steadier names from templates and prompts

A run of releases focused on making Smart Rename templates and custom prompts more predictable:

• Dates, separators, suffixes, and capitalization instructions are handled more consistently — across cloud and local AI providers alike.
• Template tests now highlight which extracted details look confident and which deserve a closer look before you rely on the result.
• Saved templates and custom prompts stay available through app updates, relaunches, and Finder Quick Action use — the disappearing-templates bug is fixed.
• With local providers like Ollama and LM Studio, custom instructions no longer leak into the final file name, and unusable model output now produces a clear message instead of a malformed name.

#Local AI is easier to live with

If you run models on your own Mac, May was a good month:

• Model recommendations are now grouped by how well each model fits everyday renaming, images, scanned PDFs, or advanced workflows — choosing the right Ollama, LM Studio, or MLX model takes less guesswork.
• NameQuick now recommends the newer Gemma 4 local models, designed to use less memory, so local processing fits more Macs.
• You can remove installed Ollama and MLX models from inside NameQuick, and keep an MLX model loaded with plain Load, Unload, and Keep model loaded controls.
• When LM Studio, Ollama, or MLX needs attention, you get focused next steps instead of a problem hidden in the status bar.

#Fixes worth knowing about

• Self-Managed (bring your own key, BYOK) licenses recover far more reliably after a restart, reinstall, or fresh sign-in — no more hanging on "Checking license" at launch.
• Trial credits behave correctly for Self-Managed batches: you can start a batch while credits remain, and processing stops cleanly when the balance reaches zero.
• Managed Gemini processing for images and documents works normally again, and NameQuick now uses Google's current Gemini Flash model by default.
• Account and billing links open the correct customer portal, and the Automation permission prompt no longer gets stuck on first run.

#Catch up or jump in

That was one month. For version-by-version detail, browse the full changelog — every release ships with notes like the ones digested above.

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