Comments on: The Invisible Magic of the Dot File http://mactips.info/2008/10/the-invisible-magic-of-the-dot-file Practical Tips in plain language — how to use your Mac, iPad, iPhone or iPod. Wed, 23 May 2012 02:24:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Invisible Dot Files Revealed! — Mac Tips http://mactips.info/2008/10/the-invisible-magic-of-the-dot-file/comment-page-1#comment-1202 Invisible Dot Files Revealed! — Mac Tips Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:58:11 +0000 http://mactips.info/?p=1163#comment-1202 [...] the last Tip, The Invisible Magic of the Dot File, you created a file named .atest.txt and saved it on the Desktop. You won’t find it though: [...] [...] the last Tip, The Invisible Magic of the Dot File, you created a file named .atest.txt and saved it on the Desktop. You won’t find it though: [...]

]]> By: Miraz Jordan http://mactips.info/2008/10/the-invisible-magic-of-the-dot-file/comment-page-1#comment-1201 Miraz Jordan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:42:13 +0000 http://mactips.info/?p=1163#comment-1201 Actually, it doesn't really matter what the extension is: you can add a dot to the start of any filename, of any kind, and it will be hidden by the Finder. I really only created a specific text file so in the next Tip people will have the same named file as I refer to in the Tip. :-) Also a text file with a single word in it will be tiny. An image or other file could be large and waste space, given this is just a junk file anyway. Actually, it doesn’t really matter what the extension is: you can add a dot to the start of any filename, of any kind, and it will be hidden by the Finder.

I really only created a specific text file so in the next Tip people will have the same named file as I refer to in the Tip. :-)

Also a text file with a single word in it will be tiny. An image or other file could be large and waste space, given this is just a junk file anyway.

]]> By: Jo Fothergill http://mactips.info/2008/10/the-invisible-magic-of-the-dot-file/comment-page-1#comment-1200 Jo Fothergill Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:01:24 +0000 http://mactips.info/?p=1163#comment-1200 Hi - sorry - me again - i've tried on the MacBook and get same result - when i change the ext to TXT and follow the rest of the instructions i can save it ok - but as an RTF file - not sure if that's a problem or not? Hi – sorry – me again – i’ve tried on the MacBook and get same result – when i change the ext to TXT and follow the rest of the instructions i can save it ok – but as an RTF file – not sure if that’s a problem or not?

]]> By: Miraz Jordan http://mactips.info/2008/10/the-invisible-magic-of-the-dot-file/comment-page-1#comment-1199 Miraz Jordan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:00:40 +0000 http://mactips.info/?p=1163#comment-1199 Aha! Thanks for this Jo. Go to the Format menu and choose Make Plain Text, then it will let you save as a .txt file. I have TextEdit Preferences set to use Plain text for new documents, so it defaults to plain text for me. To change the default settings go to TextEdit Preferences - New Document tab and select the Plain Text radio button under Format. For one-off decisions about plain text or rtf use the Format menu item. Aha! Thanks for this Jo.

Go to the Format menu and choose Make Plain Text, then it will let you save as a .txt file.

I have TextEdit Preferences set to use Plain text for new documents, so it defaults to plain text for me.

To change the default settings go to TextEdit Preferences – New Document tab and select the Plain Text radio button under Format.

For one-off decisions about plain text or rtf use the Format menu item.

]]> By: Jo Fothergill http://mactips.info/2008/10/the-invisible-magic-of-the-dot-file/comment-page-1#comment-1198 Jo Fothergill Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:49:48 +0000 http://mactips.info/?p=1163#comment-1198 Hi Miraz - my text edit won't let me save it with a .txt extension - it will only allow an .rtf (iBook - haven't tried on my MacBook yet) Hi Miraz – my text edit won’t let me save it with a .txt extension – it will only allow an .rtf (iBook – haven’t tried on my MacBook yet)

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