[Patentcenter] Are file names in MacOS case sensiitive or insensitive?

[Randall Svihla]

Having case-sensitive filenames and filename extensions seems like a very bad idea.

Randall S. Svihla
NSIP Law
Washington, D.C.


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By "default" on the Mac, filenames are case agnostic ("FILE.PDF" has the same name as "file.PDF").

BUT, the Mac file system has an option to work in a case-sensitive mode (there's an option to format a disk as "Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive)").
See https://support.apple.com/lt-lt/guide/disk-utility/dsku19ed921c/mac
The example they give in that mode is: "folders named "Homework" and "HOMEWORK" are two different folders."

I don't know if the suffix (e.g., "pdf" or "PDF") is considered part of the filename when it comes to case sensitivity.


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Subject: [Patentcenter] Are file names in MacOS case sensiitive or insensitive?

WOuld any Mac applicaiton care about filename.pdf vs filename.PDF (could you even have two files in teh same folder with same name jsut different case?  Windows won't allow it.)

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