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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, rec.photo.digital |
| Subject | Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? |
| Date | 2025-04-23 19:04 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <m6sru1Fuc89U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2025-04-23, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote: > On 2025-04-23 10:47, Tyrone wrote: >> On Apr 23, 2025 at 12:31:47 PM EDT, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote: >>> On 2025-04-22 15:35, Tyrone wrote: >>>> On Apr 22, 2025 at 5:59:17 PM EDT, "Tyrone" <none@none.none> wrote: >>>> >>>>> And what exactly is the "decent name" you get from Apple? On my >>>>> Macs and my iCloud-connected Windows PCs, I get names like >>>>> "IMG_4737.jpg". Why is "IMG_4737.jpg" a better name than >>>>> "5C297223-793B-4508-A22F-BC319105026B.jpg"? Both are totally >>>>> arbitrary names. Both are totally meaningless. >>>> >>>> It just hit me why Apple uses these file names for photos. Being a >>>> programmer (for 40 years) it is obvious that those are all Hex >>>> digits. 8 digits-4 digits-4 digits-4 digits-12 digits. Letters >>>> between A and F. That they are broken up by dashes probably has >>>> some context. >>>> >>>> The file names have to be absolutely unique so that MY files don't >>>> get overwritten by someone else's files in iCloud. And vice-versa. >>>> >>>> Apple is storing billions of photos. The worst thing that could >>>> happen is that files get crossed. >>> >>> Where does Apple use long file names like that? >>> >>> I've never seen any on any of my devices. >> >> In the DCIM folder. You can see it using the iOS SMB Server. One of >> the shares it creates is for the DCIM photos folder. > > Ah! I'd not seen that before. > > I'm wondering why some have those names and some have the shorter > "IMG_###.jpg/heic" form... It could be that the IMG_### files were created before Apple switched to UUIDs. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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Does anyone here have experience with "photofs"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-22 02:51 +0000
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Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-04-22 07:58 +0200
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Bill W <nothing@nowhere.com> - 2025-04-22 10:36 -0500
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-04-22 15:56 +0000
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Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-22 16:50 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-22 10:32 -0700
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Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-22 16:29 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? David <BoaterDave@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-04-22 21:27 +0100
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Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-24 04:55 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-22 21:59 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-04-22 22:05 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-22 22:14 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-22 22:35 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-04-23 08:32 +0200
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Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-23 22:12 -0700
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Bill W <nothing@nowhere.com> - 2025-04-24 11:14 -0500
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-24 09:43 -0700
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Bill W <nothing@nowhere.com> - 2025-04-24 12:55 -0500
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Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-23 09:31 -0700
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Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-23 11:03 -0700
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-04-23 19:04 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-23 13:08 -0700
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-04-23 20:11 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-23 13:18 -0700
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-23 22:18 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-23 15:25 -0700
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-23 22:31 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-24 04:22 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-23 22:15 -0700
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-04-23 21:50 +0000
Re: Does anyone here have experience with "photofs" fixing photo naming? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-22 15:40 -0700
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