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Even if this hint worked...
... how would it be better than opening a Terminal window, typing 'touch ', dragging the files to be modified into the window, and hitting the Return key?
Even if this hint worked...
come on. This hint is about doing something with the finder. Not about the Finder being better than the command line. Or vice versa.
Even if this hint worked...
Now I know that selecting the default application for files changes their mtime. This means that my backups will be much larger after I changed my mp3 player software. How silly is this?The hint boils down to this: modifying a file updates its modification time. Changing your mp3 software should not make your backups significantly bigger unless you are changing each individual file, which really would be silly. If you were to use the "Change All…" setting to change the default application, only the first file and the launch services prefs file would be updated and need to be backed up. Edited on Dec 14, '09 07:39:20AM by mantrid
Even if this hint worked...
Thanks for clarifying. But I still don't understand: how does selecting the default application change my file? I'd understand if it changed the ctime (which it does). I'd understand if it changed the mtime (because it's just the way it is). But why would it change my files contents? |
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