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Showing/hiding filename extensions via Finder

Showing/hiding filename extensions via Finder

The setting is normally on the Advanced tab of Finder Preference. To do this:

Your Tinderbox documents now show a '.tbx' extension.

Is desired, you can toggle this option back of but all extensions will be hidden. It is certainly advisable to have file extensions visible whilst troubleshooting issues with Tinderbox files being opened correctly on double-click.

Note that Finder itself can still 'see' any file extensions even if you've told it to hide the file extensions.

Beyond the scope of this article is that depending on how much fiddling you've done in this area, some extensions may not be hidden, even when Finder has been told to hide extensions. This is because unwittingly you will have told Finder that this particular file's extension or this extension in general must always be shown. That's fixable - look in Finder's Help for how.


Possible relevant notes (via "Similar Notes" feature):


A Tinderbox Reference File : Install, Uninstall, Support and Registration : Showing/hiding filename extensions via Finder