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16 years PC, now over to MAC: Help! :)
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1192678"><p>Welcome to the Mac world! I moved a couple of years ago, find most folks here pretty good. Some are die-hard Maccies who can't help but take shots at Windows and Windows users, but most here are pretty good.</p><p></p><p>Now, to your questions. You CAN change the file names in OSX, it is just that normally you don't need (or want) to do that. However, if you want to, find the file you want to rename. Right click on the name and then click on "Get Info." A window will open and you will be able to change the filename there in the box labeled "Name & Extension". However, be careful about the extension, as if you accidentally get it wrong, iTunes won't be able to find or use it. I also don't know what iTunes will do when it finds the "new" track. I suspect it will add that new track to the iTunes list, but when it tries to play the old track it won't find the file it expects because you renamed it. That's why most folks just let iTunes do what iTunes does and don't mess with filenames directly. OSX isn't Windows, and you don't really NEED to mess with filenames most of the time, unlike you do in Windows.</p><p></p><p>To move a file from one locale to another, the easiest way is drag/drop, but if you don't want to open two windows, you can also drag to the sidebar in Finder, hover over the drive or folder to which you want to go, wait for it to open, then hover again over the folder name you want to put it in, repeat until you are hovering over the final destination folder and then drop on the folder name. It will move to that folder. I find that hovering while still holding down the mouse button more difficult to do than to open another window in Finder, but it's a personal choice. Also, there are keyboard combinations to allow the same thing, but I don't know and don't use them as much, so perhaps someone else can chime in here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1192678"] Welcome to the Mac world! I moved a couple of years ago, find most folks here pretty good. Some are die-hard Maccies who can't help but take shots at Windows and Windows users, but most here are pretty good. Now, to your questions. You CAN change the file names in OSX, it is just that normally you don't need (or want) to do that. However, if you want to, find the file you want to rename. Right click on the name and then click on "Get Info." A window will open and you will be able to change the filename there in the box labeled "Name & Extension". However, be careful about the extension, as if you accidentally get it wrong, iTunes won't be able to find or use it. I also don't know what iTunes will do when it finds the "new" track. I suspect it will add that new track to the iTunes list, but when it tries to play the old track it won't find the file it expects because you renamed it. That's why most folks just let iTunes do what iTunes does and don't mess with filenames directly. OSX isn't Windows, and you don't really NEED to mess with filenames most of the time, unlike you do in Windows. To move a file from one locale to another, the easiest way is drag/drop, but if you don't want to open two windows, you can also drag to the sidebar in Finder, hover over the drive or folder to which you want to go, wait for it to open, then hover again over the folder name you want to put it in, repeat until you are hovering over the final destination folder and then drop on the folder name. It will move to that folder. I find that hovering while still holding down the mouse button more difficult to do than to open another window in Finder, but it's a personal choice. Also, there are keyboard combinations to allow the same thing, but I don't know and don't use them as much, so perhaps someone else can chime in here. [/QUOTE]
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