03. crawl-Chris Brown.mp3 I'm running mountain lion, the latest version. As I said, when I try forename the file, all I do is take out the track number and leave the rest. It's worked for me before today. Thanks a bunch. Cait
On 2013-02-20, at 12:56 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > Can you paste in a sample file name so we can try to reproduce the issue? > Also, what version of OSX are you running? > > CB > > On 2/20/13 12:52 PM, cait furness wrote: >> 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. >>> >>> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > 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.
