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M.Berlage
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April 4, 2017

P: Lightroom no longer accepts a dot in the catalog filename.

  • April 4, 2017
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I regularly use the 'export this folder as a catalog' feature to make catalog backups of certain subsets of my pictures. My naming convention has always been in the form of YYYMMDD.HHmm

With LightroomCC version 2015/9 (OS X version) I noticed that Lightroom now truncates the catalog name used after the dot, so it becomes 'YYYYMMDD'. This also happens when creating a new catalog through the File->New Catalog menu.

Is there a reason that this restriction on the catalog name has been introduced?

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    M.BerlageAuthor
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    July 19, 2017
    Yes, it looks like it's fixed. Thanks!
    Rikk Flohr_Photography
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    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    July 19, 2017
    Lightroom CC2015.12/6.12 was released today and should address this issue.  Please update your Lightroom to the latest version and let us know if you continue to see the issue. Thank you for your patience.

    http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2017/07/lightroom-cc-2015-12-now-available.html
    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
    john beardsworth
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    john beardsworthCommunity Expert
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    April 6, 2017
    No, Lightroom should follow generally-accepted, cross-platform best practice.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    April 6, 2017
    Call it as you like.
    As we say here:
    "C'est vous qui voyez...
    Y'en a qui ont essayé.
    Ils ont eu des problèmes."
    john beardsworth
    Community Expert
    john beardsworthCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 6, 2017
    I don't doubt you, but it might have been an oversight or bug.
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    M.BerlageAuthor
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    April 6, 2017
    As you can read in my original post, Lightroom did allow this.
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    M.BerlageAuthor
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    April 6, 2017
    Sorry, but no. It's not a 'rule', and never has been on anything younger than MS-DOS.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    April 5, 2017
    I never name with a dot. Too old-school, I guess. But if you use the Finder's own Compress feature on a file with filename.jpg, or similar, it will be filename.jpg.zip. It's been doing this for a very long time. So it is perfectly legal, even if it bothers me to see it. Lightroom should allow as legal what Apple says is legal, imo.
    john beardsworth
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    john beardsworthCommunity Expert
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    April 5, 2017
    Agree with Michael and Bob here. It would be surprising if Lightroom deliberately allowed this naming practice.
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    bob frost
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    April 5, 2017

    Agree with Michel, I also use date-time filenames, but I separate the date and time with a dash. It's been the convention for many, many years that . is used for separating the filename from the extension. It's a good convention that most computer users and programmers know about, so why do away with it because you don't want to observe the convention.

    Bob Frost

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