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m4a files renamed when dragging out of iTunes

Hi,


Does anyone know why this happens: when you drag voicememo files from iTunes (example.m4a) to your Desktop the file name changes to set of numbers. For instance: example.m4a (is the filename) when dragged out to desktop it becomes 1234567.m4a


Thanks for your help!


-Ju

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 29, 2015 12:22 PM

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Posted on May 29, 2015 12:58 PM

Hmm, my voice memo files are in the form YYYYMMDD HHMMSS.m4a, being the date and time that they were recorded. It would seem that those file names are used for voice memos even if you edit the title in iTunes, as long as the file is set to media kind of Voice Mail.


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m4a files renamed when dragging out of iTunes

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