Comments on: About the recent trend in ambiguous Macintosh application names http://jnote.org/181 Custom-made digital content for musicians Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jaems http://jnote.org/181/comment-page-1#comment-249 Jaems Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:59:03 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=181#comment-249 I agree that .app is helpful, but unfortunately not many people use that suffix. I agree that .app is helpful, but unfortunately not many people use that suffix.

]]> By: Jaems http://jnote.org/181/comment-page-1#comment-99 Jaems Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:00:13 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=181#comment-99 I agree that .app is helpful, but unfortunately not many people use that suffix. I agree that .app is helpful, but unfortunately not many people use that suffix.

]]> By: Andrew http://jnote.org/181/comment-page-1#comment-98 Andrew Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:48:52 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=181#comment-98 You can try appending ".app" to the application name, which sometimes helps. (".app" is the hidden bundle suffix for applications) I agree with the sentiment, though. It's also a problem with the "MacBook" and "MacBook Pro" names. You can't search for "MacBook" (meaning the plastic machines) without also getting "MacBook Pro" hits. You can try appending “.app” to the application name, which sometimes helps. (“.app” is the hidden bundle suffix for applications)

I agree with the sentiment, though. It’s also a problem with the “MacBook” and “MacBook Pro” names. You can’t search for “MacBook” (meaning the plastic machines) without also getting “MacBook Pro” hits.

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