# Slash (/) characters in file names gets converted to a semicolon in the file name field

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slash-characters-in-file-names-gets-converted-to-a-semicolon-in-the-file-name-field/70917
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [March 21, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slash-characters-in-file-names-gets-converted-to-a-semicolon-in-the-file-name-field/70917 "2026-03-21T13:58:10Z")
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### Author: ![Thain](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Thain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Thain)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slash-characters-in-file-names-gets-converted-to-a-semicolon-in-the-file-name-field/70917/1 "2026-03-21T13:58:10Z")

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As title goes. Screenshot attached of a Finder window in front, and Mp3Tag in the background.

(I just added a slash to a random file as an example, I see it happen with all of them)

 ![Slash](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/9/c/9c8697e983f2c43cd948979f053d8f8d770127bd.jpeg)

Mp3tag 1.11.0 (134), MacOS 26.3.1.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slash-characters-in-file-names-gets-converted-to-a-semicolon-in-the-file-name-field/70917/2 "2026-03-21T21:43:47Z")

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It looks like it's the classic colon issue with macOS and Finder. Here is a little more context and explanation to it:

> [@Why is MP3 Tag Replacing Chars](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-is-mp3-tag-replacing-chars/59808/8):
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> It's a thing specific to macOS and Finder. The filenames actually use the colon character : (as displayed correctly in Mp3tag) but Finder does some auto-translation into the forward slash /. You can verify that yourself by opening Terminal.app, navigate to the Disc 5 folder, and use the command ls -la to list the folder contents. More on that here:

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### Author: ![Thain](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Thain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Thain)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slash-characters-in-file-names-gets-converted-to-a-semicolon-in-the-file-name-field/70917/3 "2026-03-22T08:38:11Z")

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Huh, TIL! Case closed I guess.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slash-characters-in-file-names-gets-converted-to-a-semicolon-in-the-file-name-field/70917/4 "2026-03-29T08:38:32Z")

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