Getting file name too long to save message

This problem has just started to happen and it is very strange. I am now unable to directly save files with long filenames into one particular folder on my main hard drive. When I try I get the following message: "Names longer than 31 characters are not supported on the destination volume." My hard drive is formatted as "Mac OS Extended". In the past I have saved many files with long names in this particular folder with no problem.

The strange thing is that I can save the file with the long filename onto my desktop and then move it into the folder that I can not save directly into.

I need some advice on how to troubleshoot this. All software is up to date. In these cases I have created the documents in Pages and tried to save as pdf.

Thanks for your help.

iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Dec 22, 2013 4:46 AM

33 replies

jetonski

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Apr 1, 2014 6:03 AM in response to AndyT!

I'm having the same problem when simply trying to save a document in pages. 31 character limit.

And when I try to save as PDF, with no error messages, the saved PDF never appears.

bjkered

Level 1

8 points

Apr 12, 2014 2:17 PM in response to transfinite

Tried this but I regret to say It did not fix the problem on my Mac

Thank you for posting, glad it fixed yours

bjkered

Level 1

8 points

Apr 12, 2014 2:22 PM in response to bjkered

I just started MAil again after Posting the Above comment and NOW every things seems to be OK

I hope that this is now fixed Thanks Derek

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