#Mac file system on windows mac os#

Still, because of that UNIX thing, I never use slashes in filenamesвЂ¦ it normally signifies a folder hierarchy, just like web sites (which often run on a UNIX OS).

#Mac file system on windows mac os#

Well, you know even the Mac OS doesnвЂ™t like slashesвЂ¦ but the only character it wonвЂ™t allow is the colon, which is used internally in the OS (also wonвЂ™t allow periods at the start of filenames because that turns the file invisible, due to UNIX). Windows itself and Windows applications ignore these files but other systems often use them. These files have the exact same name as the file they are associated with.

I havenвЂ™t used this yet, but their site says it can вЂњconvert file names to Windows NTFS, SMB, DOS, Mac OS 9вЂќ which sounds promising.ДЄnne-Marie also responded to this issue, writing: UDF File System Settings (Mac) Extended Attribute Files Extended Attribute Files : The UDF File System can contain Extended Attribute Files. I see at that there are several available, including A Better Finder Rename from Public Space. If you have a lot of files to rename (it sounds liked you do), youвЂ™ll probably want to use a file-renaming utilty. So the only good way around this is for you to rename those files. One Web page that explains the differences can be found here. DOS (and subsequently Windows) prohibits a number of special characters in file naming, including the slash. Yes, unfortunately this has been a major problem since the 1980s, when people started moving pages from Mac to PC. But they are unable to copy these links to their harddrive because pcвЂ™s donвЂ™t recognize them!

I had named some of the linked images with the вЂњ/вЂќ character, like when I was calling out a date, 09/26/07. Step 2: Select the drive that you want to format and type sudo wipefs -a /dev/sdb to start fresh with a new 'exFAT' file system. I ran into a problem when I gave my clients my packaged InDesign files on dvd for their archives and to pull from for new publications. To format 'FAT32' to 'exFAT' file system on Linux, follow the below steps: Step 1: To view all the drives attached to your system, type sudo fdisk -l in the command line.