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Script the Finder to empty codes
This hint doesn't explain what it is to "remove the type code". To be fair even Apple has had varying positions on the matter. Unless the tools in use offer dedicated presets for this, one needs to know what "empty" type/creator codes really are (NOT empty :-). And once you know this, you don't need dedicated tools any more.
Empty type/creator codes on HFS/HFS+ volumes aren't empty strings: OSType values are tied to the file entry at the filesystem level (not in the resource fork as many believe) and are always exactly 4 bytes, each with a value of 0 for files "without" codes. The following script for Mac OS X sets the selected files' type & creator codes to 4 null characters as found in "real" un-typed files on HFS/HFS+ volumes (not "????" or 4 spaces, which may still work but I believe aren't sanctioned by Apple any more -- those allowed to specify the existing "unknown" type with characters available on the keyboard, not a default "empty" code that uses null chars).
Script the Finder to empty codes
(I'm a bit flakey when it comes to explaining things ^_^)
Script the Finder to empty codes
Thanks - that was a big help to me in clearing some Creator Codes! |
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