10.3.3 finder "irregularity"

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Dave Balderstone <dave DeleteThis @N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote:

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 >
  > > Any ideas?
 >
 > Change your scheme and use underscores instead of a character that has
 > a specific meaning to the OS?
 >
 > Nah, that's talking crazy talk!

well, that does work, but i like the way i've been doing it
and it worked until recently. something changed somewhere.

the system seems to think that .001 is an extension like .WAV.

is there a place in OSX that defines extensions?
can i edit it?

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heron stone <heronstoneDO.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote:

 > I think this began with 10.3.3 but i'm not sure.
 >
 > I often record ideas on a sony clie voice recorder that saves
 > WAV files. I import them to my desktop and rename them my
 > scheme naming convention. If I had five noted today they'd be
 > named 04.18.001.WAV thru 04.18.005.WAV.
 >
 > My final step is applying an apple script that hides the extension,
 > so I end up with files named 04.18.001 - 04.18.005.
 >
 > Since 10.3.3, the first file (001) will not hide the extension.
 > If I rename it 006 it will hide the ext. If I change it back to
 > 001 i get a dialogue asking me if i want to change to ext. to 001.
 >
 > It all worked flawlessly before.
 >
 > Any ideas?
 >
 > heron

Confirm, please:

You've got a file named "04.18.001.WAV" and the extension is visible.

When you do Get Info, the Name & Extension section shows the same name
that Finder does.

The "Hide extension" checkbox is checked.

You change a single character from a 1 to a 6 (in Finder, I presume),
and the ".wav" disappears.

The Get Info field now reads "04.18.006.WAV" and the box is checked.

You change the 6 back to a 1 (again in the Finder view) and the system
asks to confirm the change to an "001" extension.

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 > Confirm, please:
 >
 > You've got a file named "04.18.001.WAV" and the extension is visible.
 >
 > When you do Get Info, the Name & Extension section shows the same name
 > that Finder does.
 >
 > The "Hide extension" checkbox is checked.
 >
 > You change a single character from a 1 to a 6 (in Finder, I presume),
 > and the ".wav" disappears.
 >
 > The Get Info field now reads "04.18.006.WAV" and the box is checked.
 >
 > You change the 6 back to a 1 (again in the Finder view) and the system
 > asks to confirm the change to an "001" extension.

I gave fake example names before. Here's an actual name i'm using.

I have a file named 227.30.001.WAV.
I Get Info, check the Hide Ext box, close the Get Info window and
the .WAV ext is still showing.
If i open the Get Info window again, the Hide Ext. box is no longer
checked.

I then change the .001 to .006 and Get Info and check the Hide Ext
box and everything works like it should. I can hide ext and it stays
hidden.

If i now change the .006 back to .001, i get a dialog box asking me,
"Are you sure you want to change the extension from ".WAV" to ".001"?
It gives me two choices: Use .001 or Keep .WAV.

If i tell it to use .001, it deletes the .WAV. If i tell it to use
..WAV it deletes the .001 leaving me with a file named 227.30.WAV

The system seems to think there is an extension called .001.
Before 10.3.3 it didn't think this. Is there a place to edit the
list of acceptable extension names?

I looked at all my old WAV files and all of the files ending in
..001 now have the .WAV ext showing. And, by the way, if i Get Info
on them, their hide ext checkbox is checked even tho the ext is
not hidden.

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heron stone wrote:

 > Any ideas?

You may have to use some other separator than "."
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heron stone <heronstoneDO.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:

  > > Confirm, please:
  > >
  > > You've got a file named "04.18.001.WAV" and the extension is visible.
  > >
  > > When you do Get Info, the Name & Extension section shows the same name
  > > that Finder does.
  > >
  > > The "Hide extension" checkbox is checked.
  > >
  > > You change a single character from a 1 to a 6 (in Finder, I presume),
  > > and the ".wav" disappears.
  > >
  > > The Get Info field now reads "04.18.006.WAV" and the box is checked.
  > >
  > > You change the 6 back to a 1 (again in the Finder view) and the system
  > > asks to confirm the change to an "001" extension.
 >
 > I gave fake example names before. Here's an actual name i'm using.
 >
 > I have a file named 227.30.001.WAV.
 > I Get Info, check the Hide Ext box, close the Get Info window and
 > the .WAV ext is still showing.
 > If i open the Get Info window again, the Hide Ext. box is no longer
 > checked.
 >
 > I then change the .001 to .006 and Get Info and check the Hide Ext
 > box and everything works like it should. I can hide ext and it stays
 > hidden.
 >
 > If i now change the .006 back to .001, i get a dialog box asking me,
 > "Are you sure you want to change the extension from ".WAV" to ".001"?
 > It gives me two choices: Use .001 or Keep .WAV.
 >
 > If i tell it to use .001, it deletes the .WAV. If i tell it to use
 > .WAV it deletes the .001 leaving me with a file named 227.30.WAV
 >
 > The system seems to think there is an extension called .001.
 > Before 10.3.3 it didn't think this. Is there a place to edit the
 > list of acceptable extension names?
 >
 > I looked at all my old WAV files and all of the files ending in
 > .001 now have the .WAV ext showing. And, by the way, if i Get Info
 > on them, their hide ext checkbox is checked even tho the ext is
 > not hidden.

File a bug. Seriously. <http://bugreporter.apple.com/> Do it now, before
you forget. Include your response up above.

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http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/

..001 etc are used by (at least this) file splitter. Could be why the OS
refuses to let you use it. 001 would need to be present for a split file
to be re-assembled. Strange it allows the others.

Andy
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update

it seems that the latest version of MacPAR deLuxe has defined
..001 as an extension

I got rid of it and went back to the previous version and then
trashed the /Library/Caches/com.apple.LaunchServices.6B.csstore
file and everything works the way it did before

I suppose i could write and ask the developer why he introduced
that extension but it's working now and i'm a pretty lazy person
sometimes.

Thanks everyone for your input.

heron

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heron stone wrote in message ...
 > update
 >
 > it seems that the latest version of MacPAR deLuxe has defined
 > .001 as an extension

 > I suppose i could write and ask the developer why he introduced
 > that extension but it's working now and i'm a pretty lazy person
 > sometimes.

Let me guess... MacPAR is a file compression/decompression program?
In that case, it probably opens .RAR files. Usually, RAR compression
splits large files into smaller ones and can give the parts sequential
extensions: .001, .002, etc... As far as PAR/RAR extraction goes, I
prefer UnRarX.

'cid 'ooh
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