P2 IMPORT PROBLEM SOLVED—-MAC USERS READ ON

[Noah Kadner]

That kind of goes in general for computers and also FCP. Anything other than _ or – is not a great idea to use. Stick with numbers and the alphabet.

[Dean Sensui]

Thanks for the heads-up on this.

As a general rule, I avoid any special characters in file names and folder names. It’s a holdover from the old days where you were limited to characters and numbers. It’s probably still a good practice as there’s a chance an odd character could trip up an operating system as you’ve discovered.

Dean Sensui — http://www.HawaiiGoesFishing.com

[Mitch Ives]

[Fine Productions] “I used the

[Eric Bliss]

Just for reference, here’s a list of characters to avoid in your filenames to protect yourself from problems with UNIX…

/ \ ‘ ” * ? ( ) < > [ ] { } ~ ! $ & ; | # @ ` %

Yes, I know that’s virtually everything that’s not a number or a letter. Hence, the rule of only using letters, numbers, and the underscore.

Eric Bliss

systems design and integration
CreativeCow.Net

int main(void) {
printf(“Hello World!\n”);
}

[Dean Sensui]

[Eric Bliss] ”
Just for reference, here’s a list of characters to avoid in your filenames to protect yourself from problems with UNIX…

/ \ ‘ ” * ? ( ) < > [ ] { } ~ ! $ & ; | # @ ` %”

Looks like a string of nasty words from a comic strip!

Dean Sensui — http://www.HawaiiGoesFishing.com