david winter » rant http://davidwinter.me.uk you were expecting someone else? Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:37:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mac OS X/HFS+ case-insensitive? Why? http://davidwinter.me.uk/articles/2008/05/17/mac-os-xhfs-case-insensitive-why/ http://davidwinter.me.uk/articles/2008/05/17/mac-os-xhfs-case-insensitive-why/#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 16:04:03 +0000 David http://davidwinter.me.uk/?p=94 I just found out that HFS+, the preferred file system for Mac OS X, is case-insensitive when it comes to files and directories. I don’t understand why? It’s sure as hell causing issues with stuff I’m copying from my Ubuntu PC.

Just seems like a dumb idea.

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