a useful tool to change the convention of heic photo names from like IMG_0937.HEIC to 2022-05-18_185520.HEIC

1. install exiftool

   brew install exiftool

2. get shell script

   cd ~
   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ran-Mori/heic-photo-naming-convention/main/heicrename.sh

3. grant executable permission

   chmod +x heicrename.sh

4. specify a directory that contains heic files in it with -d option, or a heic file with -f option, then execute it.

   ./heicrename.sh -d ~/heic-directory -f ~/heic-file.HEIC

/Users/<your username>
|--- heicrename.sh
|--- heic-directory
	|--- IMG_0933.HEIC
	|--- IMG_0934.HEIC
	|--- IMG_0937.JPG # this is not a heic file
|--- heic-file.HEIC

1. execute command below

   ./heicrename.sh -d heic-directory

2. output like

   directory is /Users/izumisakai/heic-directory
       1 image files updated
       1 image files updated
   

3. result like

   /Users/<your username>
   |--- heic-directory
   	|--- 2022-05-18_162905.HEIC
   	|--- 2022-05-18_173417.HEIC
   	|--- IMG_0937.JPG # this file will not be changed due to it's not a heic file

1. execute command below

   ./heicrename.sh -f heic-file.HEIC

2. output like

   heic file is /Users/izumisakai/heic-file.HEIC
       1 image files updated

3. result like

   /Users/<your username>
   	|--- 2022-05-18_185520.HEIC

1. only macos tested
2. renaming action will only be successful when the heic file contains CreateDate exif information. you can export original photos from your Mac by following this
3. for more naming-convention details please refer exiftool renaming examples

exiftool