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Leopard always shows .extension of file! How do I get rid of it?

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kayle12

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Hello,

On my mac, Leopard 10.5.2(10.5.3 soon) always shows the extension of some files. Mainly Office and .PDF files. How can I shut this off? I have gone to Finder and preferences and shut it off, but they are still on.

Thanks,

Kayle
 
kayle12 said:
Hello,

On my mac, Leopard 10.5.2(10.5.3 soon) always shows the extension of some files. Mainly Office and .PDF files. How can I shut this off? I have gone to Finder and preferences and shut it off, but they are still on.

Thanks,

Kayle
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It's a Finder preferences setting you can change. Just uncheck the box.
 
kayle12 said:
When I uncheck the box, the extensions are still there!
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Well that's how it's done. I have numerous files on my iMac that came from various sources that have the extension showing and I have that unchecked. However if I check it, other file's extensions show, etc. If you 'get info' on the files that remain you'll see a box that says "hide extension" and that will hide it for THAT file.

There's probably an Applescript or so, do a keyword google search but add 'macosxhints.com' in your keywords. That place has bound to have something regarding this.
 
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