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Developers: Does a database of Mac OS X file extensions exist? Or do you just cross your fingers when choosing and hope nobody else uses it?

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) February 26th, 2008
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At minimum there’s always filext.com

Seems like it would be useful to know what you might be mistaken for in a windows environment too (especially if you are creating exchangeable document file extensions). Mac-specific extensions are definitely present, though I’m not sure how comprehensive it is on the Mac side.

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