32-digit file names

A few months ago, iWeb saved a page as
"3FB47E52-CFED-4B53-BA68-C76A1D0F4BBC"
That was NOT the name I gave it.
When I send the link to some folks, they say they have problems with it.
(The latest page I did was NOT saved as a 32-digit name).
I know I could change the name via FTP, but some of the links---- I believe-- to related pages would be invalid.
How can I change this gobbly-dee-gook? Can I get iWeb back on the right track with this particular page?
Message was edited by: swanker

One cause of such file names is the use of non-ascii characters (e.g. accented letters, curly quotes, etc) in page names. If you have them, try getting rid of them. But in the case of blogs I think there is nothing you do.
The problem with the link may be cause by it being broken in the email, with a space inserted by the email app. Sometimes you can avoid that by putting the link inside < and > .
I believe iWeb no longer creates file names like that.

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and end up with something like this
img-20101207-201101.jpg
img-20101207-202213.jpg
img-20101207-202213-2.jpg
img-20101207-202213-3.jpg
img-20101207-203324.jpg
img-20101207-203324-2.jpg
Just adding the ability to have centi-seconds in cameras that support them (like the 5DmkII), you can eliminate a lot of the redundancy, but there will still be times when conflicts occur. Especially if you are using cameras that don't support that level of detail in the timestamp. So, if we add both the centi-seconds and the always on conflict number we can create this pattern:
img-{DateYYYYMMDD}-{Hour}{Minute}{Second}{SubSec}-{0Conflict#}
and we would end up with something more like this:
img-20101207-20110143-01.jpg
img-20101207-20221300-01.jpg
img-20101207-20221300-02.jpg
img-20101207-20221323-01.jpg
img-20101207-20332426-01.jpg
img-20101207-20332452-01.jpg
Most of the duplicate names have been eliminated by the subsecond part of the tiem stamp, but all filenames have the exact same pattern, regardless. This makes scanning images by name much simpler. Especially if you need to run an external process that looks at file names over them.
(Note: I'm use a number with a single leading zero padding in this case for the conflict number. It seems unlikely that a single digit would ever cease to be enough, but just in case having a zero padded version would be a nice option.)

I would like to be able to rename a virtual copy and simultaneously make it be a true disk copy, and auto add to library.
We have the virtual copy thing covered and it is one of the great things that makes Lightroom a great application which
has brought us new and amazing workflows.

File Name Not Changing

I am downloading some files via Safari. I then click the file name and paste the preferred name (usually in column view) copied off the Safari window. After a few, Finder stops allowing me to make any changes. I can get the name to open as if it can be changed, but anything I type will not take. I force quit finder and it works ok again. I have had this occur now and again throughout many 10.4 versions. Sometimes I can paste dozens of names, just now I did 1 and it stopped taking the change. Key commands to close windows also then stop working. Though force quit key command brings up that window. Changing name in Info window does not work. Keyboard viewer clicking letters does not work, though keyboard viewer clearly shows the key's typed are recognized. Often these changes pull up a window asking me if I really want to add a particular extension.
Why does this happen and is there a more permanent fix?
Or any simpler fix than restarting the finder?
thanx

Absolutely, it can do this.
In the import dialog's filename box, pull down the list and choose "Edit" to edit your filename preset. You will then be able to create a custom preset with a three digit sequence number.
I've done exactly this myself.

Podcasts broken in 9.2 with error "A duplicate file name was specified"

Ever since the 9.2 upgrade my podcasts have not been able to update. The following error message is displayed when I click the icon next to the podcast:
+There was a problem downloading "... podcast name ...". A duplicate file name was specified.+
Digging in the iTunes download directory I see that a directory entry is created for each podcast (with a .tmp suffix). Inside there is a download.mp3 that is zero bytes in size.
I've tried reorganizing the library, restarting, reinstalling, etc.
Not sure if this matters, but I've been mounting my itunes library via nfs for the past five years or so without any issue.
I tried to see what iTunes was up to via dtrace/iosnoop but it appears that they've gone and restricted that at the OS level -- so no luck there. Any luck here?

Close iTunes, delete the download directory, and restart.
tt2

32-digit file names

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