Kempt
In short
An iPhone names screenshots like photos, IMG_ plus a number, so on a Mac “IMG_1234.PNG” tells you nothing.AirDrop puts them in Downloads; iCloud Photos keeps them in the Photos app. Renaming them by hand means opening each one. Kempt reads every phone screenshot that lands in Downloads, the Desktop or a folder you choose, names it after the app or website on screen and the day it was taken, for example “iCloud+ Storage Plan 30 October 2026”, and files it with your screenshots, not your photos.
Without any app
AirDrop them to the Mac
On the iPhone, open Photos, go to Media Types › Screenshots, select the ones you need, tap Share › AirDrop and choose your Mac. They land in Downloads, still named IMG_.
Or export them from Photos on the Mac
With iCloud Photos on, select the screenshots in Photos on the Mac, choose File › Export, and set File Name to Sequential with your own prefix, or to Use Title if you gave them titles.
Android phones
Android usually names them Screenshot_20261030-140512.png, and some phones add the app’s name. Send them by email, a messaging app or Google Photos, or copy them over a cable with a file-transfer app.
Rename in batches
In Finder, select them, Control-click › Rename and use Format to add a name and a counter. That gives order, not meaning: “Trip 1”, “Trip 2”…
With Kempt
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Named from what’s on the screen
Kempt names a phone screenshot after the app or website and what it shows, plus the day: “Booking.com Hotel Reservation 14 August 2026”, “Chat Camille 12 August 2026”. On macOS 27 Apple’s on-device model looks at the screenshot, and the text on screen must back up what it says: a website’s address bar wins over the iPhone’s “◀ WhatsApp” back label, and an address written inside a message or an email doesn’t count.
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Screenshots, even resized
IMG_1234.PNG, IMG_8373067C26F3-1.jpeg, a Screenshot.jpeg resized by WhatsApp or an Android capture: Kempt tells them apart from photos and files them in the Screenshots folder. On 65 real phone screenshots, those filed as photos went from 9 to 0 and those left unnamed from 4 to 0.
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In the background, on your Mac
About 1.6 seconds per screenshot with the on-device model, while you work. Nothing is uploaded, and every rename can be undone in Activity.
$27 once, 14 days freeRuns on every Apple silicon MacA question? Ask a person
Questions people ask
Why are iPhone screenshots named IMG_?
The iPhone uses the same camera naming for everything in the photo library: IMG_ plus a counter. A screenshot simply takes the next number.
How do I get screenshots from my iPhone to my Mac?
AirDrop (they arrive in Downloads), iCloud Photos (they appear in Photos on the Mac, then File › Export), or a cable and Image Capture, which lets you choose the destination folder.
Where do AirDropped screenshots go on a Mac?
To the Downloads folder, under their iPhone name, for example IMG_1234.PNG.
How do I see only the screenshots among my photos?
In Photos, on the iPhone or the Mac, open Media Types › Screenshots.
Does Kempt rename screenshots inside the Photos library?
No. Kempt works on files in folders: Downloads, the Desktop and a folder you choose. AirDrop or export the screenshots first.
Does it work with Android and WhatsApp screenshots?
Yes. Kempt recognises them by their tall phone shape and the absence of camera data, and names them the same way.