OSX won't accept colon (:) character in file names
Posted: 27 Feb 2017, 05:12
Just downloaded Filebot from the Mac App store and am running it on Mac Sierra with all recent updates.
When I rename movies, Filebot sometimes proposes a title that includes the colon character. For example "Thor: The Dark World (2013)".
But Mac OS X doesn't allow file names with colons in them. Filebot throws a warning about this and replaces the colon with a backslash, i.e., "Thor\ The Dark World (2013)". The renamed file is then successfully saved to disk.
HELP REQUEST:
Is there anyway to change the default replacement character so I don't have to manually edit each file name?
For example, I've been manually replacing the backslash with " -". (Note the leading space between the quotes.) That gives me: "Thor - The Dark World (2013). Would be great to do this automatically.
BUG REPORT/FEATURE REQUEST:
Arguably having the Mac version of the app propose file names which are not compatible with the Mac file system is a bug. On the other hand, it is the correct name of the movie. Regardless, perhaps whatever solution you propose in response to the help request above should be enabled by default in some future release?
Thanks!
-Robert
When I rename movies, Filebot sometimes proposes a title that includes the colon character. For example "Thor: The Dark World (2013)".
But Mac OS X doesn't allow file names with colons in them. Filebot throws a warning about this and replaces the colon with a backslash, i.e., "Thor\ The Dark World (2013)". The renamed file is then successfully saved to disk.
HELP REQUEST:
Is there anyway to change the default replacement character so I don't have to manually edit each file name?
For example, I've been manually replacing the backslash with " -". (Note the leading space between the quotes.) That gives me: "Thor - The Dark World (2013). Would be great to do this automatically.
BUG REPORT/FEATURE REQUEST:
Arguably having the Mac version of the app propose file names which are not compatible with the Mac file system is a bug. On the other hand, it is the correct name of the movie. Regardless, perhaps whatever solution you propose in response to the help request above should be enabled by default in some future release?
Thanks!
-Robert