Re: Tracking which app created a file?

In article <jollyroger-514EFF.11474410102008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <uce-2B637B.12251510102008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Gregory Weston <uce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's a recommendation. Apple's app developers have been ignoring Apple's
developer recommendations for nearly a quarter century now, with varying
degrees of justification. As I just noted in a different branch of the
discussion, Pages documents are a bit of a complicated situation because
they aren't actually files. Neither are TextEdit RTF documents if you
embed images in them.

Is it still really a recommendation? I seem to remember Apple
discouraging use of file types and creators in favor of filename
extensions.

They recommend using extension *and* type. Creator is considered
optional but if present will be respected in preference to any app
implied by the extension. First dibs, of course, go to any app the user
has explicitly designated as the default app for the file in question.
That trumps everything.

--
"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?"
- Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
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