>>6432933>>6432906Unquie filenames are useful in programming and file systems to avoid certain faults and errors..
iOS in March 2017 switched to apfs, to replace hms+.
The system does not use hardlinks to directorys natively. (Remember it has only been a few years that you could upload photos at all in iOS on a web browser. )
Since all apps are sandboxed in iOS, photos (image files) reside in their own place. iOS generates a guid every time you save a file in the the “photos” directory. Also remember, “photos”does not save jpgs or other formants, they are saved a unquie Apple container that saves edits for the revert function..
The guid is becuase the images do not function as hardlinks, or as files that any program can access. To use them in any program they are exported and recopied into that apps sandbox. GUIDs prevent recopy errors if you import it back (which would create a new file and a new guid)
Steve jobs prevented this crap, and he had every file name show up as image1.jpg, image2.jpg. Etc. based on first save date. a another clear sign how Apple is going downhill since he left.
