Black Folder/File names in Finder

I like to set the desktop background color to white on my MacBook. Is it possible to invert the Folders and Files titles from white to black?

Thanks Limnos... but I was not asking how to invert the display. Finder writes the names of files and folders and applications on the Desktop in white — I'd like to know if it's possible to have the names in black.

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Have you tried running lsof from the Terminal?
Lsof will show you any files that are open, the likelihood is that your file is in use.

Can not change file names in finder

Several times over the past week I have not been able to change existing file names in Finder. The mouse moves normally and can highlight the name, but the keyboard instructions, including "delete" or typing, does not result in any response. All other programs continue to function normally.
Restarting the computer solved the issue for a while, but it happened again.
Reading over the previous posts, none of them apply (I do not have those programs).
Any idea why this happens and how do I fix it?

This same thing happens occasionally (or maybe rarely is a better word) for different users here at my work.
I haven't had the problem myself, and thought it was gone now when everyone is running Mac OS 10.4.7 (we ran 10.4.5 just recently) but a user just got the problem 5 minutes ago. All apps except Finder respond to keystrokes.
Relaunching the Finder using "Force Quit..." from the Apple solves it, but I guess sooner or later the problem will come back.
Would be great to know what's causing it.

If I have a pic in more than one album, does iPhoto make more than one copy of that pic? When I search the file name on finder, it seems to be showing one copy of that file for every album it's in.

If I have a pic in more than one album, does iPhoto make more than one copy of that pic? When I search the file name on finder, it seems to be showing one copy of that file for every album it's in.

No it doesn't. Albums simply reference the photos in the Library. A single shot can be in 100 albus and use no extra disk space at all.
If you have the same shot in two Events then yes, the file is duplicated.
When I search the file name on finder, it seems to be showing one copy of that file for every album it's in.
The Finder doesn't really understand the iPhoto Library. It's quite possible for the iPhoto Library to contain many files with the same name. The Library also contains different versions of the same shot - thumbnail, originals and edited version. This is normal.
Regards
TD

Sort order of alphanumeric file names in Finder

File Name Sorting
I often using dates for file names - for letters and for photos in particular, with a format something like yymmdd, e.g., today's date, December 27, would be 071227. Occasionally I may use 20071227. If I have the year and month but do not have a specific date, the file name might look like 0712xx. The sort sequence of files in the various Finder views does not seem to be what I would expect, based on standard computer alphanumeric sorting rules. Here is what I am finding - three files beginning with file names 0708xx, 070212 and 070521 will appear in the Finder list as follows:
0708xx
070212
070521
whereas I would expect the proper sort order to be:
070212
070521
0708xx
If I change "xx" to "00" then the sort order is strictly numerical, i.e.,
070212
070521
070800
No one can explain why the files sort per the first list above, if I use the "xx" convention for the date. Is there a Leopard bug, or is the sort order based on an algorithm I am unfamiliar with.

Tom's comprehensive article provides the answer but is perhaps a bit much for those looking for a simple, easy to remember rule. The brief one at File System Overview: Sorting Rules may be useful in this respect:
"Digit sub-strings are sorted by numeric value rather than as characters."
IOW, much like a human would naturally do, the Finder considers numeric expressions as potentially multi-character entities.
Except ... just like humans, it seems not to know what to do with leading zeros. Try this:
Create a new folder & add to it 4 sub-folders named as follows (all "0" characters are zeros):
2
2aa
02
02aa
Note that in list view, Leopard sorts them by name as follows:
02
2
02aa
2aa
But, try selecting them in order by hitting the tab key repeatedly, which should move you down the list one item after the other ... but doesn't.

Selection of Folder/File name using the same Fun.Module

Please let me know if there is a function module which can fetch folder name/File name from the directory path when f4 option of selection screen field is selected. Currently I am able to get the file name using FM F4_DXFILENAME_4_DYNP but the requirment is like I have to select either folder name or the file name depending on user selection.
Note: Please let me know if there is a single Function module which can get folder name or the file name based on the user selection.i.e, if the user want to select a folder he can select or he can select files in the folder for processing

Hi sridhar
try this:
PARAMETER : TXT_FILE(100).
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR TXT_FILE.
PERFORM GETFILE.
start-of-selection.
PERFORM GETDATA.
FORM GETDATA.
DATA : FILENAME TYPE STRING.
FILENAME = TXT_FILE.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      FILENAME                      = FILENAME
     FILETYPE                       = 'ASC'
     HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = 'X'
    HEADER_LENGTH                 = 0
    READ_BY_LINE                  = 'X'
    DAT_MODE                      = ' '
    CODEPAGE                      = ' '
    IGNORE_CERR                   = ABAP_TRUE
    REPLACEMENT                   = '#'
    CHECK_BOM                     = ' '
IMPORTING
    FILELENGTH                    =
    HEADER                        =
    TABLES
      DATA_TAB                      = IT_UPLOAD
EXCEPTIONS
    FILE_OPEN_ERROR               = 1
    FILE_READ_ERROR               = 2
    NO_BATCH                      = 3
    GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER       = 4
    INVALID_TYPE                  = 5
    NO_AUTHORITY                  = 6
    UNKNOWN_ERROR                 = 7
    BAD_DATA_FORMAT               = 8
    HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
    SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED         = 10
    HEADER_TOO_LONG               = 11
    UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR              = 12
    ACCESS_DENIED                 = 13
    DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY              = 14
    DISK_FULL                     = 15
    DP_TIMEOUT                    = 16
    OTHERS                        = 17
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.
FORM GETFILE.
CALL FUNCTION 'WS_FILENAME_GET'
   EXPORTING
    DEF_FILENAME           = ' '
     DEF_PATH               = '.'
    MASK                   = ' '
    MODE                   = ' '
    TITLE                  = ' '
   IMPORTING
     FILENAME               = TXT_FILE
    RC                     =
EXCEPTIONS
    INV_WINSYS             = 1
    NO_BATCH               = 2
    SELECTION_CANCEL       = 3
    SELECTION_ERROR        = 4
    OTHERS                 = 5
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
ENDFORM.
<b>This is a part of my BDC program its working for me u try n reply if it works for u.</b>
regards
vijay

Aperture: After changed the file name in Finder Aperture can't load the referenced file anymore

After I've changed the file name/format in Finder Aperture can't load/relink to the referenced file anymore. For some reasons I don't like to reimport the file.

As you told, the command "Locate Referenced File" doesn't work, if the filename doen't match exactly. And the filenames should keep their new names.
"Locate Referenced File" will be able to reconnect one file at a time, if you direct Aperture to the matching file in the Loate Referenced File dialog, but it will not be able to recognise the other matching referenced files and to reconnect them all at once with the "Reconnect All" button.
It will be a lot of work to reconnect the one by one. Usually it is much easier to rename the original master files using Metadata > Batch change in Aperture than to try to do that in the Finder.

How to remove a file name in Finder window places

When I open Finder window I want to remove a file name in places. I don't use the file anymore and want to remove it.

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Different File Name in Finder vs. File Name in Console?

I'm trying to rename the Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder.
As root, I use mv in Console. I do ls and it shows me the new name.
Finder couldn't care less. Finder keeps showing "Internet Plug-Ins".
I could see OSX not letting me change the name of an "essential" system folder in the first place -- but how could Unix be showing me a different name than the Finder?

Oh just ignore me -- I wasn't typing sudo every time...

Blue background behind some file names in finder

Hello,
I've been noticing that some of my file names have a blue background behind them, while others don't. It's not an alternating pattern either. It's very random. Most files have the blue background, while some have a while background behind the file name.
This is happening in Finder, and in all folders.
Thanks

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I'm wondering though, is there a default setting that is set when the OS is loaded? We just did a re-install of OS 10.4 on the machine, and I'm wondering if there is a setting that needs to be changed for new files that are downloaded from email? I'd just like to get rid of the color altogether.

How to see the whole file names in finder column view?

Hi guys,
I like to use finder in column view. However, most of the times, the file names get trunked and I have to redim the column to see the whole names. Other day, without wanting to, I must have pressed some key combination, and the column got redim automatically, so I could read the whole file names. So, my question is if does anybody know how to achieve this?

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Repeated file names in Finder?

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Someone posted a similar problem last week that was traced to a corrupt font. See if this thread helps:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4749618
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Export File Names from Finder Window...

I want to export all the file names in a finder window to a file that I can use in Excel (txt, csv, etc.). Can I do this directly from the finder window somehow?

The answer just above is excellent.
One additional point which might assist when importing into a spreadsheet.
If you use a simple naming convention which I developed about 6 years ago for exactly this purpose, you can sort on various features of documents, etc.
The name of each file is:
International date,originator,receiver,subject
This structure looks like this:
2008-09-12,dwc,you,naming files for spreadsheet use
THis allows for automatic date sorting or date structuring of files chronologically
It allows one to know who or what was the source of the document
It allows one to know to whom it was sent
and it allows a brief subject with keywords
More important, because commas are used to separate the fields, they can
be used as delimiters when importing the text file into a spreadsheet, thus allowing far greater sorting capabilities.
Best wishes,

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Peter,
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Check these threads for possible solutions:
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For additional suggestions Search Discussions with the term "print contents."
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LinusF wrote:
I "know" about the Program Data ....catalogs/[my catalog] location. Is there any file necessary to the catalog which is NOT there?
The catalog folders contain everything that is necessary for the organizer. The only thing you might consider is to take a note of your preferences settings. The backup folders also contain everything necessary; the only difference is that it may take some time to rebuild the 'cache' files automatically after the restore.
Put another way, I am moving many, many files off my current C: drive in order to install an SSD. I want to make super sure that I catch everything PSE may have stashed here and there and get it out to "safety" before reformatting this disk. Thanks for all the help you've been along the line.
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- advantage : you can check the transfer immediately
- drawback : you must be patient...
That's for transferring your media library, now you can also move your catalog folder, either manually or by using the catalog manager 'move' option.
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If you want to keep only your Elements program on the SSD, I would not store the catalogs there, I'd store the catalogs in custom location in your old reformatted internal drive. You'll need an external drive for the backup. Alternatively, you could move library and catalogs to the external drive, and back to the old reformatted drive as explained above. You might even use the external drive for both purposes...

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