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Q: icloud drive file names keep changing

On icloud drive, I have noticed that files that I've recently worked on will occasionally get stuck in a "renaming loop." iCloud will add a number to the end of the file name and then perpetually count up this number which makes it impossible to interact with the file because the file name keeps changing. For example, you might have "filename.doc" and then it will start counting "filename 1.doc" to "filename 2.doc". Is there a way to prevent this?

Posted on Oct 29, 2014 6:24 AM

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  • by damongaspee,

    damongaspee damongaspee Nov 10, 2014 10:04 AM in response to dhapps
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    Nov 10, 2014 10:04 AM in response to dhapps

    Yes, this is happening to me, too. I had a PDF that was been renaming in number a couple times a second. The file was stored in the cloud, I edited it, saved it to the cloud, then the renaming began. There was no way to stop it -- I was forced to delete it.

  • by delasac,

    delasac delasac Nov 13, 2014 11:16 AM in response to dhapps
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    Nov 13, 2014 11:16 AM in response to dhapps

    I just had the same problem.

     

    Deleting the file and adding it again was the only way I found to stop it.

  • by BoukeH,

    BoukeH BoukeH Sep 1, 2016 12:47 PM in response to dhapps
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    Sep 1, 2016 12:47 PM in response to dhapps

    I had the same issue. However logging into iCloud.com I found the issue. Apparently there was already a file by that name, however it wasn't listed in iCloud Drive on my Mac. After removing this ghost file through iCloud.com, I was able to rename the file in iCloud Drive.