# Folder renaming not working on Mac

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renaming-not-working-on-mac/70238
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [November 25, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renaming-not-working-on-mac/70238 "2025-11-25T13:18:37Z")
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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renaming-not-working-on-mac/70238/4 "2025-11-25T17:24:31Z")

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OK, I'm sorry — I read your previous post on the go. `_DIRECTORY` and `_FILENAME` are not available as fields at **Convert → Tag - Tag** for the Mac version.

It's possible that your files now have a `_DIRECTORY` field, which you can double-check and remove via **View → Extended Tags...**.

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To achieve your goal, you can an action **Format tag field** , which fills fields or renames files and folders based on other fields content or fixed text.

This action also offers `_DIRECTORY` and `_FILENAME` as fields, where the former really renames the directory of the files. This means, that other files like PDF, JPG, & PNG files in the folder would also be moved to the new folder.

You can try this action type via **Actions → Quick Actions → Format tag field** and if you are happy with your experiments, you could create via **Actions → Actions** an action group "Move Files" with one or two actions **Format tag field** one for `_DIRECTORY` (which renames the containing folder) and one for `_FILENAME` (which renames the files).

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