# Moving files by writing to \_FILENAME
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-files-by-writing-to-filename/58104
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [August 5, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-files-by-writing-to-filename/58104 "2022-08-05T00:34:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@sivaram2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sivaram2)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-files-by-writing-to-filename/58104/1 "2022-08-05T00:34:49Z")
In Windows, it was possible to do:
> Format value "\_FILENAME": `C:\Music\%artist%\%album%\%title%`
For the MacOS native app, is it possible to directly write full filepaths into the `_FILENAME` tag?
I'm trying to figure out if forward slashes need to be escaped or what, but whenever I write to the `_FILENAME` tag, I end up with an MP3 file that is the same directory with some clobbered name, e.g., ` __Users__ Aswin __Music__ The Beatles __Rubber Soul__ Michelle.mp3`.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-files-by-writing-to-filename/58104/2 "2022-08-05T01:36:24Z")
MacOS uses forward slashed instead of back slashes. If you make that change you should get your folder structure back.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-files-by-writing-to-filename/58104/3 "2022-08-05T05:58:48Z")
In addition, `~/` is the shorthand notation for your user folder, e.g.,
`~/Music/%artist%/%album%/%title%`