Subject: Re: [Name Mangler Talk] Error: Resulting file name isn't unique

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:47:20 -0800

On Nov 15, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Zahir Desai <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> I want ot rename all my photos according to the date and time they were taken. However, with a lot of the photos, I get 'Error: Resulting file name isn't unique'.
> I am not sure why I get this message because all the photos are unique (the times taken are all different).
> I am only using a trial version and would like to purchase the full version if this issue can be resolved.

In your output, you're only using hour and minute, and it's quite possible that hour and minute are identical, if you ever took more than one photo a minute. You can check, though, by using View > Show Interim Names, and selecting the last step. This will add a third column to Name Mangler's display, where you'll be able to see what the name would be if there wasn't a conflict. I expect you'll find those files that aren't being renamed were taken during the same minute.

You can fix this by adding seconds, or by adding a sequence number to the names.

regards,
-rob.

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From: Zahir Desai <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:39:03 -0800 (PST)

Hi
I want ot rename all my photos according to the date and time they were 
taken. However, with a lot of the photos, I get 'Error: Resulting file name 
isn't unique'.
I am not sure why I get this message because all the photos are unique (the 
times taken are all different).
I am only using a trial version and would like to purchase the full version 
if this issue can be resolved.

Zahir