Why appl "broked" creator codes
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:29 pm
It's been a relatively hot-button topic for longtime mac users... Snow leopard no longer supports the creator codes that users have come to depend upon for about a decade now.
Most people hate that fact.
This article goes in depth to explain why it happened, as well as what it is being replaced with: UTI.[/url]
Worth reading, if you're curious. (It's long and boring otherwise.)
Most people hate that fact.
This article goes in depth to explain why it happened, as well as what it is being replaced with: UTI.[/url]
Worth reading, if you're curious. (It's long and boring otherwise.)
Snow Leopard's abandonment of Creator Code metadata, used to open a file with its creating application, has some users are worried that Apple has killed off a core Mac-centric feature. Instead, Apple has invented a superior alternative for the old Creator Code in order to support a variety of new features. Here's why, and what the new Uniform Type Identifiers offer.