How do I hide file extensions?
Almost all of my files display the extension. I checked the finder preferences but the "show extension" box is already unchecked. Checking it and then unchecking it makes no difference.
Other than individually hiding the extension for each file by going into the "get info" box, how do I hide these extensions? I tried selecting a group of files and hiding the extension this way but it's not an option.
And why are the extensions displayed in the first place? I thought these sorts of things were normally hidden in OS X?
Other than individually hiding the extension for each file by going into the "get info" box, how do I hide these extensions? I tried selecting a group of files and hiding the extension this way but it's not an option.
And why are the extensions displayed in the first place? I thought these sorts of things were normally hidden in OS X?
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Originally posted by gobble gobble
Well, that didn't work. Any other ideas?
How 'bout Finder > Preferences > turn OFF Always Show File Extensions.
Originally posted by GardenOfEarthlyDelights
How 'bout Finder > Preferences > turn OFF Always Show File Extensions.
You'll see from my first post that I've already tried this - repeatedly. It only works on those files were I have manually toggled off individual file extensions in the Get Info box, but not the other 99.9% of my files.
This seems to be the stupidest idea in the world, and we have windows to thank for it.
Originally posted by Socrates
You end up with files that have multiple extensions, ones that appear to have one name but actually have another, ones that claim to be one file type but have a different extension, etc.
True, I would never hide them.... but I do believe that Os X shows the full name (with extension) when you attempt to rename a file. So you would never end up creating a 'monkey.avi.vbs.mpg' .
You could however be sent a file named 'racid.sit.zip' through email... when you saved that to disk it would be mislabled.
I prefer to have that option off. I don't like everything with an extension on it. The only problem with this is that some files might have the same name.
First post, by the way 8)