# Anki 26.09.2 lowercases filenames of added media **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [September 16, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-26-09-2-lowercases-filenames-of-added-media/71091 "2026-09-16T16:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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This isn’t new as of 26.09. See these earlier threads for ways to make that tool work with Anki. > [@Images on AnkiWeb](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/images-on-ankiweb/70884/6): > > If you are adding images and notes manually via the Anki app, this problem doesn’t occur. Anki automatically converts the filenames to lowercase when adding them to the media collection folder, and then it uses the lowercased names in the note fields. If you are using some other method to add images and notes, I suspect that the easiest way to prevent the issue would be to change the filenames and/or the contents of the note fields before adding them. But, if you don’t want to prevent the pro… > [@Anki no longer sync media after update to 26.05](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-sync-media-after-update-to-26-05/70583/9): > > You are using the Anki desktop app on a Mac. The macOS filesystem is case insensitive by default. So, when the Anki app looks for a filename with a specific spelling of upper and lowercase characters, the operating system ignores case when finding a matching filename. You can see an example of this behavior in Terminal: % touch FILE.txt % ls -l file.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 myusername wheel 0 Aug 2 08:29 file.txt % ls -l file.TXT -rw-r--r-- 1 myusername wheel 0 Aug 2 08:29 file.TXT % ls -l to… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-26-09-2-lowercases-filenames-of-added-media/71091)._