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File Identification in Mac OS X
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josiahpugh
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Apr 16, 2001, 11:17 AM
 
Remember how in Mac OS 9.x and below everything had a file type and creator code? Well, in Mac OS X, not everthing has these. Some do, but not all. How does Mac OS X identify those files besides a suffix extension? In particular, I'm looking at mp3s that have been brought over from a PC and have no file type or creator code, and Mac OS X can only identify them with a .mp3 extension. Without it, Mac OS X doesn't know what it is.

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Apr 16, 2001, 12:57 PM
 
This is discussed in some detail in Inside Mac OS X: System Overview, I think. And possibly the overview for support providers, I forget.
     
   
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