... 31 characters are not supported ...

Question

When I trying to save a file to disk from a browser (Firefox, Chrome not Safari), I get a system message that says "Names 31 characters are not supported on the volume destination. Please choose a filename That is no longer That 31 charters.  "

Answer 1

from this website
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/mac/filenamesOSX.shtml
Long file names. Mac OS 9 has a 31-character limit for filenames. In Mac OS X, a filename can be as long as 256 characters and span several lines.
Still, a couple of glitches are possible:
In many applications (especially non-cocoa ones), the Open and Save dialogs show only the first 31 characters of a filename. If you simply open and save a document that already has a longer name, the full name is preserved even though you don't see it in the Open and Save dialogs. If you use the Save As command to save a file under a new name, however, you will be limited to 31 characters (although you can add extra characters in the Finder later).
Some applications may truncate a long name to 31 characters when saving a file. Some compression utilities may do this when compressing a file or folder.