Even if there is much more additional file information
besides a file name that is saved with a file
nowadays, file names are still the most important
attribute for users when they search and hopefully
find the data they are looking for.

Anyway, there are many file names that are determined
automatically and most users never change it later.
Pictures you made with your digital camera for example
very often have file names like "IMG_1329" instead
of "IMG_1329 - Christmas in New York with my wife" or
media data like a video you download from the web is
called "003245.mpg" instead of "Funny animal video
0005 created on 2007-11-08.mpg". And if your MP3 stick
is not able to sort files from their creation date but
the file name you wish that you could just add the
file date to the name without changing anything else.

The main reason why file names are not changed later
very often is that it is very time consuming and
boring if this concerns more than just 3 or 4 files.

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