that's just it, the file name is just like this: first name last name song title.mp3 that's it. It's always worked. they're not longer then 255 characters, I know that for sure. AllI'm doing is removing any track numbers if they're there, because for some reason they bug me if I'm keeping the files for later use. this has never happened until today. Now, how do I fix this so I can continue to rename files? Stumped, Cait
On 2013-02-20, at 11:17 AM, Georgina Joyce <r...@o2.co.uk> wrote: > Hello, > > > That's interesting. Unix does use filenames that start with a period, > although, it would be inappropriate to name a audio file in this manner. My > guess is that there's an apostrophe in the name. To maintain the character > precede it with a backslash. > > HTH > > Gena > On 20/02/2013 16:01, Chris Blouch wrote: >> There is a 255 character limit and I think the only limitation is that >> it can't start with a period. So there normally should be no reason you >> can't fit everything in the filename. Details about Apple's HFS+ format >> here: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFS_Plus >> >> CB >> >> On 2/20/13 7:14 AM, cait furness wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I'm having a problem renaming files. I am going through some mp3 >>> files I have and renaming some of them. Basically, I hit enter on >>> them and take off the track number and then add the artist to the song >>> name. this has worked fine in the past with no problems. This >>> morning, however, I am getting an error message which is saying that >>> the file name is too long or has punctuation. I have checked and >>> double checked and there is no punctuation in the file name except for >>> the dot before the extension of mp3. The file name can't be too long >>> as it's just the artist name and the song title and this has worked >>> before. I have done a verify disk and have repaired disk permissions. >>> Any ideas? >>> Thanks, >>> Caitlyn >>> >> > > -- > "If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives > outside the box" Barbara Otto > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
