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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: External HD problem
Date: 2 Jan 2014 23:21:43 GMT
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On 2014-01-01, Jan E  Schotsman <jeschotDONT@SPAMMExs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I got a Toshiba 500GB portable exterrnal disk from someone. It keeps 
> preventing me from changing names of files with the message "Try using 
> another name, with fewer characters or no punctuation marks" even after 
> multiple reformats as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with Disk Utility.
>
> The fact that it's a USB 3.0 disk and I am still on Leopard shouldn't 
> make any difference, should it?
>
> How do I get this thingy to work?

Does this happen only when you use certain characters or for *any*
filename change at all? If the former, can you give us some examples of
names that have failed?

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