File names Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

File-naming differences in OS X, Linux, and Windows

by Scott McNulty (Jul 18th, 2006)

File names aren't sexy, but they are an integral part of your experience at the computer. That's why this post that details some of the differences between how Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows handle long file names, and odd characters in file names, is an interesting read. All the the OSes support 255 ...

TUAW Tip: View long file names faster in list/column view

by David Chartier (Feb 14th, 2006)

A lot of Mac users know and love the Finder's column view. While I can't speak for Linux, I'm pretty sure it's a fairly unique view to Mac OS X, and it's a great way to browse and move files throughout your folder system. Today's tip, however, deals with one of the column view's occasional ...