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How to purchase MacNames software licenses? Order now online single licenses for 169$, Site license 750$, Corporate license 1300$. A site license for MacNames entitles an organization to duplicate the software as necessary for use within a site location for a specified number of computers. A corporate license lets you install it in all sites of the company. Other payment methods include check and Wire transfer to : Soft Experience - 15, Avenue de Villiers - 91360 Villemoisson sur Orge - France Special promotion : 5 Licenses for only 510$US ! |
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How do I install MacNames?
It is very easy:
Download the software, Unzip MacNames.zip and just run MacNamesSetup.exe: this will guide your through installation The setup program will install MacNames in your windows \ Program Files directory but you can choose a different one. After installation, configure MacNames according to your needs; To reach the help, press menu ? + help. To apply your registration key, please use menu ? + Register MacNames to key in your license information received |
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I like the program but I need some other features, can
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customize it for me ? Yes, we also provide customization. Send your request for a quotation by emailing us to  patrick@softexperience.com
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Which platorms are
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MacNames runs as an application on Windows NT4 / 2000/ Windows XP and also as a Windows service on Win NT, W2K, XP Which
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Can I rename files from
folders that are in another server domain? Yes, MacNames can rename across other server domains if it runs using an account that have the permissions to access them. |
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Can MacNames work over any
type of connection between two computers?
If from the machine where MacNames is installed you can reach the folder on the other machine with your Windows Explorer and manually rename files on the two computers, then you should have no problems renaming the folders trees with MacNames. |
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Can MacNames preserve ACLs (Access Control Lists - NTFS
Rights) while renaming for Windows? Yes . MacNames keeps files and folders security information and attributes. |
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Is it possible to rename and truncate Windows files to
31
characters with MacNames? Yes . MacNames can be used to rename and truncate Windows files to 31 characters in order to adjust filenames for use by Macintosh applications . |
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Yes, of course you just need to set up the
options
before the scheduler runs MacNames.exe. In this case you must configure it with the " automatic start up" option in the configuration menu : when the scheduler launch it, MacNames will start the renaming process of files in the folders you have selected. You can also define if it runs one time, checking option "stop program after the first renaming operation". If you need a permanent renaming alive, leave this options unchecked. |
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What's new in MacNames v1.1L ? |
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release is v1.1l : Minor bug fixed in the interface on size of the displayed little clock, improved Windows XP support |
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and unzip the last version of MacNames (2584 Kb). You can install EXE file only or the full package. It is recommended to save your signatures file and your registration key before. After installation of EXE file or for the full package replace the shipped signature file by your own signature file saved before. Signature file is "signatures.txt" located in installation directory. If you uninstall previous version and install the new one, please reapply your registration key. |
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How to analyze signatures
distribution in your Mac/NTFS volumes using MacNames:
- select option "Analyze Mac signatures" instead "Rename" near main center arrow - click the main center arrow to start signatures analyze Another useful tool to know which Mac signatures you have, is our free utility MacExplorer , For a list of Macintosh signatures, a good startpoint is Pierre Duhem 's page The more complete database is Ilan Szekely 's (but not free): For Windows, there are many lists of file extensions on the Internet, for example: http://camalott.com/~rebma/filex.html , http://extsearch.com/ , http://www.robware.com/formats.htm , http://filext.com/ |
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Can MacNames rename subfolders?
Yes, in menu configuration you can set up MacNames to include subfolders in renaming processing . |
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Is it possible to know the list of files and folders
renamed
by MacNames?
Yes, of course you can activate MacNames log to create a daily reports with filenames changed list. |
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How many interface languages are available for MacNames ?
The interface is available in English and French language with a help on each language using menu ? + Help. |
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How to keep informed about the last updates of MacNames ? All registered users are in our mailing list and automatically informed about updates. If you have other contacts in your company that you would like to add to the list, just send us the corresponding email addresses Product page in
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Yes, our tools supporting Mac files on PC are Idem for file and folder synchronizing tasks, Catalogue Files Metadata Miner to show, list and extract files metadata , Delenda for removal of files older than x hours, days or month, Rarissimo for file compression keeping alternate streams, BriefAudit for documents change audit and other free tools, MacVolumes for signatures distribution diagnostic, MacExplorer as a Mac files explorer for Windows, MacInfoTip a dll showing type and creator as tooltips via Windows explorer, CrossIPTC for translation of Macintosh characters to Windows in IPTC descriptions of images of jpeg photos. |
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