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In Mac OS X, how come files/apps can be renamed while being used?
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<blockquote data-quote="ToddG" data-source="post: 354446" data-attributes="member: 23228"><p>The app icon you are seeing is the name of the package, not the actual "program" itself. OS X just represents the package as a single file.</p><p></p><p>So you can change the name of the package (like changing the name of a .zip file without changing the files contained therein) on the fly.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, that's about as technical as I can get. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToddG, post: 354446, member: 23228"] The app icon you are seeing is the name of the package, not the actual "program" itself. OS X just represents the package as a single file. So you can change the name of the package (like changing the name of a .zip file without changing the files contained therein) on the fly. Sorry, that's about as technical as I can get. :) [/QUOTE]
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