Music files extensions in Finder search are missing, cannot rename

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I have a problem with all my music files with mp3 extension.

I had Mac OS X Snow Leopard and I made backup of all my files to hard drive and changed the internal hard drive to new SSD with fresh copy of El Capitan. After this operation I took all my files from the backup (video, music, jpg…) to my new SSD drive and everything was OK until I made a search in the Finder.

When I made a search for music file I could see only the title of the song without the mp3 extension. I can’t change or rename any files in the Finder search.

I can rename and see the entire filename only if I get inside the folder where the files are.

I have indexed all the hard drive in the Spotlight few times and it’s always the same problem. This happens only with mp3 extension. No problem with mp4, jpg, pdf…

I’m lost. Any idea what to do?

Answer

Music titles in Finder search windows with El Capitan

The music title in Finder search windows is a new feature in El Capitan. Finder’s search windows display the title of a music file instead of its file name if the music file has a title. As you’ve noticed, El Capitan’s Finder won’t let you change the title. Finder displays the path and file name at the bottom of the window when a title is selected. Nothing has happened to the file extension, which is still with the file name, but the extension is not part of the title.

Finder search window

There are ways to change the name of the file.

  1. Select a title in the Finder search window, and right-click to Get Info, or type CMD-I. Change the file name in the Name & Extension section of the Info window.
  2. Open the folder with the file and change the file name. You found this method.

There doesn’t appear to be a way to turn off or disable this new El Capitan feature.

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Source : Link , Question Author : Ravid Yehoshua , Answer Author : creidhne

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