Is there a way to add multiple copies of the same file into one folder ?

I can only add 4 files at a time...

"Finder" makes me do extra work by clicking: Apply to All > Keep Both.


*If, for example, I try to add 5 files simultaneously, the only option "Finder" gives me, is to Replace the files.


Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on May 16, 2020 06:13 AM

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Posted on May 16, 2020 08:54 AM

No, not without selecting Use Both on the dialog that results from name space filename collision, and appending a generation number to the filename for each occurrence of the same original filename.


In a case-insensitive filesystem, ABC.txt and abc.txt share the same name space. When you get the Finder dialog that offers to use both, cancel, or replace, the use both will append a generation number to the filename.


If I copy IMG_0321.JPG into a folder, and then repeat this copy, when I choose Keep Both, then I have two identical, content files in the folder:


IMG_0321.JPG

IMG_0321 2.JPG


and on a third copy and selecting Keep Both, the IMG_0321 3.JPG joins its predecessors. There is no alternative to this Finder naming convention when depositing duplicate filenames into the same folder.

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May 16, 2020 08:54 AM in response to SHTALLES

No, not without selecting Use Both on the dialog that results from name space filename collision, and appending a generation number to the filename for each occurrence of the same original filename.


In a case-insensitive filesystem, ABC.txt and abc.txt share the same name space. When you get the Finder dialog that offers to use both, cancel, or replace, the use both will append a generation number to the filename.


If I copy IMG_0321.JPG into a folder, and then repeat this copy, when I choose Keep Both, then I have two identical, content files in the folder:


IMG_0321.JPG

IMG_0321 2.JPG


and on a third copy and selecting Keep Both, the IMG_0321 3.JPG joins its predecessors. There is no alternative to this Finder naming convention when depositing duplicate filenames into the same folder.

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