Hello! Why can't you hide the extension of all files?
Setting in finder doesn't help. Hiding the extension for a separate file does not help and it takes a very long time.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
Go to Finder > Settings > Advanced > Show all filename extensions. Uncheck this option.
Go to Finder > Settings > Advanced > Show all filename extensions. Uncheck this option.
Ensure that you have the following set in Finder Preferences : Advanced:
Open a new Finder window in your home directory. In the search field of that Finder Window, enter the following:
kind:word
You will receive a updated window with just Word .docx and .doc files. Press cmd+A to select these, and then run the following AppleScript to toggle selected file extensions on or off.
use scripting additions
tell application "Finder"
if (get selection) is {} then return
repeat with f in selection as list
if f's extension hidden is true then
set f's extension hidden to false
else if f's extension hidden is false then
set f's extension hidden to true
end if
end repeat
end tell
return
Open Apple's Script Editor from Dock : Launchpad : Other. Set the location to your Desktop, and copy/paste the preceding AppleScript code in it. Save as a script bundle or app on your desktop and then double-click to run it.
AppleScript because the Finder Get Info panel won't let you hide the extension on multiple selected items.
Not the way the operating system was designed. Hiding the extension of a given file takes under 15 seconds if you know what you are doing, and that is not a very long time.
It does not help. Not all files lose their extensions. I will say by observation - extensions are saved for all files that are not opened by standard system applications.
I'm sure that in an previous masOS, the Finder settings for show and hide extensions were universal for both. You could then change the setting on individual files, should you wish.
Which seems logical to me - other Finder settings are universal …
The reason I'm sure is that I was never previously by by file extensions being visible - I am now ! I think this change happened with the release of Ventura …
15 seconds for one file - I agree, it will turn out even faster. But here's how to hide, for example, extensions for all docx, pptx, xlsx?
Can such a script hide all extensions? Once such a thing.
But I would like to see it in a simple setting.
Why can't you hide the extension of all files?
