Quote Originally Posted by RodG View Post
That could well be the default name that they are presented with when 1st saving a new image, but I can assure you that they will never be able to save it using the same name as a pre existing image/file in the same folder.



Not just Windows - But ALL computers regardless of the operating system. This is one of those *facts that will never change.

*caveat#1: Case sensitivity is to be taken into consideration - "Image.jpg" and "image.jpg" are not the same and will be allowed on most, but not all systems.

*caveat#2: Rarely seen these days, but way back in the distant past file names could only be 6(?) characters long, plus the 3character extension, and there was a brief period where it was possible for a file to effectively has 2 different names - the short one, and a long one - and it *was* sometimes possible to have 2 (or more) files that *appeared* to have the same name (the short one).

This is ancient history though and no longer relevant, so it's best to just accept the "fact" that filenames must be unique (withing the folder in which it resides)




If true, that'll be a good reason for me to never buy an iPad. Not that I ever would - too expensive compared to other devices with equal or better specifications.

I'm not convinced this it true though. It just seems 'silly' to not have this ability. Mind you, 'silly' seems to be becoming more common as I get older. Perhaps that's just me though. ;-)




Even this is 'silly'. Most programs/software will give the choice - rename or replace.



If the claim that all of the images have been saved with the same name (not possible), then an 'export' to a PC probably wouldn't work either - unless the prg used for the export has its own renaming option as the export is occurring - else the pc will complain that the file already exists - resulting in an overwrite or a rename.



Unless demonstrated otherwise, I am going to be adamant that the statements aren't true.



I say this is 'bs' - There has to be some misunderstanding going on here and that things are not as they quite appear.

Cheers
RodG
Hey RodG,
My nephew has an ipad so I got him to try to rename and image and he couldn't!
So I will advise the client to upload images to dropbox and rename then download.
Don't buy an ipad! lol