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Treat folders with an extension like .service as regular folders instead of bundles in Finder

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Mar 15, 20263315 views
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Problem

Is there a way to force Finder to treat a folder named as a folder and not a service? To make it very clear it's easy to recreate my issue. I just created a new folder, rename it to and I can no longer open the folder. Also, the file info does not let me change the kind or choose a different progra…

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whatever.service

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Fix for: Treat folders with an extension like .service as regular folders instead of bundles in Finder

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"Directories with file extensions" (bundles) are a common way on OS X to bundle stuff consisting of multiple files into a single package, such as kernel extensions, iWork files (before iWork 09), iMovie projects, applications, etc. You usually can e…

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