Long file names on mac

Yes - you should keep file names to characters but paths can be longer but not as long as some other unix allows. See table 1 at developer. The system default filesystem, HFS plus supports filenames of UTF encoding units and the only reserved character is: By convention, software should use file handles and are responsible for allocating enough space to contain an arbitrarily long file path if it doesn't use standard API for navigating the filesystem structure to locate a length filename.

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What is the maximum filename character length of files in OS X? Chauncey Garrett Chauncey Garrett 1 4 What you can't use is: Now, David says he can "see" the files on the old HDD, which I interpret to be the laptop can read them and at least some of them are not completely corrupted, but he runs into an filename length and illegal character error when he tries to copy them from the old HDD to the SSD agreed this is probably due to the APFS vs. Journaled format. I wanted to propose a simple way that might work to salvage some of the files on the old HDD.

David, to answer your question, boot up your laptop, then plug in your old HDD so you can "see" the files, and then try to perform the copy as I outlined. Hi Tim tdunc15 - Dan danj - Tim, you are right.. The last ting I was trying to do this afternoon is the following: I took the Old Hard Drive and connected it to another computer as External.. Also, I took another external hard drive Segate 4TB.. It doesn't make the action of paste.

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The same message appears saying: If that Hard Drive let me modify it, I do it. If yes, then I could transfer or copy and paste those folders to my other External Hard Drive. Show 26 more comments. Dan danj. Self employed contract worker. Let's try again: Focus on my questions here. I understand your problem but I need to know these things to help you. Now open one of the files in question on your HDD, and do the same. Follow the instructions here on how to add your files: Adding images to an existing question.

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OK, I see a few issues here. It still has some issues which maybe whats hitting you with the length of the file name and the language. I've seen issues with it running on older SATA based systems as its got some issues with queueing within Finder Apple seems to be side stepping. I've altered them a few times in the Beta system and still haven't seen any improvements. If its not to late I would recommend you save your data onto a new external HDD drive just so we don't alter your internal HDD you've pulled from your system with anything it doesn't have.

How to create a bootable macOS Sierra installer drive Then using it to launch Disk Utility first to wipe the drive and start again with the OS install process. You have a second issue which I think is also going to mess you up. If you look at the file permissions you've got two distinct user accounts as you didn't migrate your account over. While you can add-in the new user account to each file I think its just easier and more sure to get all of the needed files to allow Migration Assistant to do all this work.

This is when I normally do it, or if I want to finish updating the OS and built-in apps I can come back and do it afterward using the utility Migration Assistant. Within Migration Assistant you can copy over not only your user accounts, you can selectively copy over your apps and data files from one or multiple volumes or drives you just need to run it a second time. Here is a bit more on how to use Migration Assitant: I have been trying to answer your questions and suggestions by Posting a Comment , but the page won't allow me to do it. Thank you so much Dan danj.

That's correct, the comments section won't let you post files. That's why you needed to go into edit mode of your question, or as you've done create an answer with the info.

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Thank you for your responses Dan danj That is an issue with the application, not Mac OS X. Certain characters are prohibited in Mac OS X file names. See "Mac OS X I can't use some characters in file and folder names.

Copying files to a Windows computer from a Mac stops. Smoke Author: It's all of 21 characters long, including the extension. It does not begin with a period. What kinds of problems are you having with the file name? Details, please, as requested previously Disk Utility will tell you the format of a volume.

Select the volume in the list, then look at the details in the lower border. Good luck! One computer mac I am on gives us no problems and another does. I hope this is enough details.. What operating system OS and version thereof is the shared file server running? What OS and version thereof is the affected Mac running?