Setting the File Naming Mode

When you view files on a Mac-formatted drive, you can change the way the filenames are displayed for that drive from the shortcut menu.

Mac HFS+ Disk Support does not change the names of files on the Mac-formatted drive, it only affects the way they are displayed in Windows. Similarly, setting the File Naming Mode does not affect filenames on disk, it only changes the way they are displayed in Windows.

To set the file naming mode for a Mac drive:

1 Right-click the drive whose file naming mode you want to change, and choose Mac File Names from the shortcut menu.

2 Choose one of the following from the submenu:

Normal

This mode maximizes compatibility with a wide range of software, and preserves international characters where possible.

International

This mode is appropriate for a disk containing files named using international Unicode characters, in cases where preservation of those characters is important, but compatibility with a wide range of software is less important. This is the default setting.

Backup/File Transfer

This mode is appropriate for tape backups of Mac disks, or transfers of files from one Mac disk to another, including between a true Mac disk and an NTFS volume storing a Services for Mac network share. This mode preserves Unicode characters, but, unlike the other two modes above, does not append artificial file name extensions for software-compatibility purposes.