Can't rename file name under Finder even as an administrator.

As an adminstrator to my MacBook Pro, why can't I rename certain file name under Finder?

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.

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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.

Can't change file names in finder

I can highlight a file or folder name in the finder but when I try to type nothing happens. Also I can't type anything in the search section in the upper right corner of finder windows.
All else seems to be working fine.
This happened after I installed Photoshop Elements 4.0

No problems since

Can't rename files on an external harddrive,

I import my pictures into Lightroom using the following format YYYYMMDD - XXXX. For example, a picture with a file number 2113 taken on Dec 16th, 2011 would be ranamed 20111216 - 2113. I import them to my computer first and then move them to an external hard drive when the storage on my computer gets tight. For a while, I accidently was adding a space to the front of my file name, so it would import as " 20111216 - 2113" instead of "20111216 - 2113" notice the space at the beginning file name. This space was maintained when the file lived on my computer, but it was removed when I moved the lightroom folder to my external hard drive. As a result, all of the files that are on the external hard drive show up as "missing or deleted." Light room thinks there should be a space in the front, but none of the files on the hard drive do. I have to locate each and every file by hand, and the "find nearby photos" check box doesn't help, because all the files are missing the space. Is there a way to batch rename files in lightroom, even when the file is missing? I need to change all the names in my catalogue to take out the space at the front so I can then easily locate the files on my external hard drive. Can someone help me out? There has to be a better, faster, easier way to do this other than individually locating each and every file on my external hard drive.
Thanks for your help,
matt

Lightroom can't rename files while they're missing. If you batch rename the files on the external hard drive, to include the space again, LR should find them and then you can rename them within LR to remove the space again.

How can I hide file names in a photostream?

How can I hide file names in a shared photo stream on icloud. I don't want people to see how many pictures I take at an event. Can this be done to pictures already posted?

The Shared Photo Stream uses the filename of the original image file as the title that is shown in the stream. If you want to hide the original filename, export the image to a folder in the Finder, rename it, then reimport it to share it. You can rename the files directly when exporting.
Or, if you do not mind to change the names of the originals in Aperture use the command "Metadata > Batch change" and change the title of the image, with the option "Apply to Original file" enabled and "Add metadata from" set to "None".
To rename the photos already shared, delete them from the Shared Album and share them again.

View file names under images?

In iPhoto, the titles of all imported images were set to the file names and it was therefore possible to have the file names displayed under every image.
In Photos, titles can be viewed by selecting View > Metadata > Titles, but all titles are empty on newly imported images. There seems to be an option to view the file name as a separate field, by selecting View > Metadata > Referenced file. However, this option does nothing. But when I search for a file name, the correct images show up, so Photos obviously keeps track of the file names somehow.
So, how can I view the file names under every image, or import the file names into the titles?

OK, thanks.
I dug around a little and this definitely seems to be a bug in how the iPhoto library is converted to a Photos library. iPhoto didn't just display file names under the images. Rather, on import, iPhoto actually sets the image titles to the file names minus the file extensions (e.g. ".jpg"). But those titles, as well as the titles manually set in iPhoto, are not imported properly into the Photos library.
I located the Photos library database. It's in the library package > Database > apdb > Library.apdb. The file is in SQLite format and can be browsed and edited with e.g. "sqlitebrowser" (http://sqlitebrowser.org/).* In it, I found that there is a table called RKMaster, that holds information about all original images. RKMaster has an attribute called "name" that contains all the original image titles. This is not the same as the file name, which is a separate "fileName" attribute in the same table, which in my case contains the same information as the "name" attribute, but with file extensions.
Then there is another table, RKVersion. This table contains information about the different versions of all images and this information is the one actually being displayed when you use the application. RKVersion has attributes for "name" and "fileName" as well. In my Photos library, "name" is empty for all my newly imported images, but "fileName" has all the correct file names with file extensions. If I edit the database and insert something in the "name" attribute for an image, the name is then displayed as an image title in Photos.
I then opened the library file from my old iPhoto library and it has a similar structure. In its RKVersion table, all the "name" attributes are filled out and they contain all the image titles I want to see. So I can conclude that during the conversion from iPhoto to Photos, the "name" attributes were simply not copied over, and that is why all my images now lack titles.
I will try to find a way to copy this whole column from the iPhoto library into the Photos library, which should solve the problem.
* Please be aware that editing this file may cause irreversible damage to the library. Make sure there is a backup of the whole library before digging into these files.

Question about renaming file names

After spending many hours organizing my iphoto library, deleting duplicates, etc, it is now where I want it. So I have two questions.
1. Is there a downside to updating all the file names to the Event Name as long as this is done in iphoto? (I was thinking this might be helpful in case anything gets jumbled in the future)
2. If it is advisable to do #1, is there a way to do this to the whole library in bulk or do I need to do it event by event?
Many thanks for any advice.

It is not possible - you can not change file names in iPhoto - you can add titles and when you export use the title for the file name - but file names within the iPhoto library will always remain as they were originally imported
Old toad uses image capture to bring photos to his hard drive and then uses a third party package to batch rename them to the proposed event name in a p=folder with that event name - then if you drag that folder to the open iPhoto window it creates an event with the folder name and the file names are what you set
LN

Rename file name

Hello to everyone,
I need to change the old file name for that I used this code ......but the problem here is..............
normally I will get the file name is
/interfaces/in/1601/payroll03052007
directory
/interfaces/in/1601
file name is payroll03052007
so the new file name starts with z ...like zpayroll03052007.....here the problem is...'z' should come before the file name.......for that how can I write the code.......
form renamefile.
   file-name-old(50) = jefile(50).
   v_date = sy-datum.
   v_time = sy-uzeit.
concatenate: file-name-old '-' hrec-hpostdate(2) hrec-hpostdat
                                                into file-name-
    concatenate: file-name-old v_date v_time into file-name-new.
Rename Input file to prevent second interface of data
   refresh rctable.
   call function 'Z_RENAME_FILE'
        exporting
             source_file_name = file-name-old
             target_file_name = file-name-new
        tables
             rc_table         = rctable.
if sy-subrc = 0.
     write:/ 'Rename function sucessfully executed'.
     write:/ 'Renamed file from: ', file-name-old.
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   endif.
Thanks in advance....
Madhu.

You can use SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE. This function is used to execute operating system command and can be used to rename a operating system file. For example you can use "mv" on UNIX or "REN" on Windows systems.
CALL FUNCTION 'SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE'
EXPORTING
    COMMANDNAME                         =
*   ADDITIONAL_PARAMETERS               =
*   OPERATINGSYSTEM                     = SY-OPSYS
*   TARGETSYSTEM                        = SY-HOST
*   DESTINATION                         =
*   STDOUT                              = 'X'
*   STDERR                              = 'X'
*   TERMINATIONWAIT                     = 'X'
*   TRACE                               =
* IMPORTING
*   STATUS                              =
*   EXITCODE                            =
TABLES
    EXEC_PROTOCOL                       =
* EXCEPTIONS
*   NO_PERMISSION                       = 1
*   COMMAND_NOT_FOUND                   = 2
*   PARAMETERS_TOO_LONG                 = 3
*   SECURITY_RISK                       = 4
*   WRONG_CHECK_CALL_INTERFACE          = 5
*   PROGRAM_START_ERROR                 = 6
*   PROGRAM_TERMINATION_ERROR           = 7
*   X_ERROR                             = 8
*   PARAMETER_EXPECTED                  = 9
*   TOO_MANY_PARAMETERS                 = 10
*   ILLEGAL_COMMAND                     = 11
*   WRONG_ASYNCHRONOUS_PARAMETERS       = 12
*   CANT_ENQ_TBTCO_ENTRY                = 13
*   JOBCOUNT_GENERATION_ERROR           = 14
*   OTHERS                              = 15
COMMANDNAME is the logical name as defined in SXPGCOSTAB, maintained via SXPG_COMMAND_MAINTAIN function. For example you would assign ZMV for "mv" command for renaming file. In the ADDITIONAL_PARAMETERS you can given old file name and new file names

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

How can I rename files without creating a duplicate?

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So in 10.6.x, you would do ...
* Save As ...
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* Click the Save button
Now in 10.8.x, you do ...
* Duplicate ...
* Save ...
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* Click the Save button
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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.

Can't rename file under Subversion control.

CS5 - Unless I'm missing something you can't rename a file (using dreamweaver to do so) and have it maintain it's connection to subversion. For example, if I rename a file using Dreamweaver, edit it, then go to "Commit" it, I get an error "File is not under Subversion Control". What is the correct way to rename a file in CS5 under subversion control?
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Saving the file under a different name creates all sorts of problems. Especially since all the history of the changes are lost. DW provides a "rename" command but it doesn't update the files svn metadata. If you use the rename command it doesn't warn you that you will loose the connection to the repository.
This must be a bug because an equivelent version of Tortise SVN DOES allow you to rename a file and preserve all the history. I just found this out and am using Tortise SVN to do the renaming. It's the same SVN version as DW so it updates the metadat just fine and it preserves the history of the previously named file.
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Hi All
I want to retrieve the current filename that is being processed by a batch, e.g. A1~Texas~Actual~Jan-2010~RR.txt
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Has anyone done this before or got any pointers for how I can do this?
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Can't select file names in list view

System: Mac Pro 2.93 Quad-Core, 6GB RAM, 10.6.2
I updated from 10.6.1 to 10.6.2 using software update AND from 10.6 to 10.6.2 doing a clean install. Both times I had problems with the finder: first, the icons in the sidebar turned into "page" icons (a white rectangle similar to the Documents icon, but one sheet instead of "two"), then I couldn't select the file names (to change the name of a file) in list view. Strangely I could do so in icon view or using Get Info. I trashed the com.apple.finder.plist file, and now every window has it's own set of values (different icon sizes and sorting prefs.) and I can't seem to make all windows default to a set of view/sort values (every time I open a window they change even after I selected "use values as defaults").
I'm stumped any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks

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