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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
anyone know the four letter extension assigned to classic and OSX apps? i'm trying to find a way to exclude them from a backup set.

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    vortexvortex Posts: 18member
    Well, I'm pretty sure that Mac OS X applications are actually folders (packages, to be specific) with the extension ".app". As for Classic apps, I'm not sure ? I don't have OS X installed on my system yet.



    An easy way to see what the file extensions are is with the terminal. To see OS X app extensions, type:

    ls -a /Applications



    To see Classic app extensions (if they even exist), type:

    ls -a "/Applications (Mac OS 9)"



    Hope this helps!
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