Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
- Subject: Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
- From: Eric Schlegel <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:44:39 -0700
On Friday, September 7, 2001, at 01:31 PM, rsharp wrote:
There's probably some technote (or there should be one soon) describing
just how a file type is determined...i.e. what data does the OS look at
first, second, etc.
The System Overview document already covers this pretty well. The order
is:
- if there's a creator, use the app with that creator
- else if there's an extension, use the app that claims that extension
- else if there's a file type, use the app that claims that file type
In case of ties (multiple apps that all claim the same file type or
extension), various attributes of the applications are used to determine
which wins: latest version, most recent modification date,
Apple-installed over third-party.
-eric