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Resource fork

A resource fork is a fork of a file on Apple's classic Mac OS operating system that is used to store structured data. It is one of the two forks of a file, along with the data fork, which stores data that the operating system treats as unstructured.: 1-4 Resource fork capability has been carried over to the modern macOS for compatibility.

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Other operating systems

Xerox AltoWindows resourcesX Window SystemWindows NTNTFS
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File system support

File systemsMFSHFSHFS PlusAPFS
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Compatibility

FATNetwork sharesEmailAFPAlternate data streams
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Resource identifiers

OSTypeSignedWordDialog boxesPICT
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Editing

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Compatibility

Other operating systems

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Resource fork

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Edges108
Triples124
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018349
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Resource fork

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related to Resource identifiers · 23
Resource fork → API, CODE, DITL, Each, ID, IDs, In, It, MDEF, OSType, PICT, PowerPC, ResEdit, Resource Manager, Resource Manager APIs, Subroutines, The, The OS, There, This
related to External links · 16
Resource fork → Bundle Programming GuideMac OS, Description, Documentation Archive, Dot-Underscore, Extended Attributes, How, Mac OS, NTFS, NTFS Streams, Resource, Resource File FormatApple Developer, Resource Manager ReferenceApple Developer, Service, Services, SMB, When
related to Other operating systems · 16
Resource fork → However, Mac, Macintosh, Microsoft, Most, Office, OOZE, Properties, Smalltalk-76, Summary, The, The Windows NT NTFS, This, Window System, Windows, Xerox Alto
related to Editing · 15
Resource fork → Apple Developer's Tools, Apple Inc, As, DeRez, However, IDs, In, MPW, Raw Resource File, ResEdit, Resource, Rez, The, This, UFS
related to File system support · 10
Resource fork → APFS, HFS, HFS Plus, Mac OS, MFS, Resource, The, The Macintosh, UFS, While
related to Design · 9
Resource fork → Apple, Bruce Horn, In, It, Mac OS, OOZE, Smalltalk's, Ted Kaehler, The
related to Compatibility · 7
Resource fork → AFP, Because, FAT, Mac, Mac-specific, Many AFP, This
related to Accessing · 5
Resource fork → Previously, Resource, Resource Manager' API, ResourceFork, This API
related to Types · 3
Resource fork → STR, The, Types
is a · 1
Resource fork → fork of a file on Apple's classic Mac OS operating system that is used to store structured data

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resource file data fork forks system resources files mac os systems used application stored operating code macos also metadata manager

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Resource forkis afork of a file on Apple's classic Mac OS operating system that is used to store structured data0.90text
icon bitmapsinstance ofcontaining details0.80text
the shapes of windowsinstance ofcontaining details0.80text
definitions of menusinstance ofcontaining details0.80text
their contentsinstance ofcontaining details0.80text
and application codeinstance ofcontaining details0.80text
Windows SMB sharesinstance ofAppleDouble was used to store resource forks on file systems0.80text
FAT32 volumes.In the HFS Plus file systeminstance ofAppleDouble was used to store resource forks on file systems0.80text
settings can be made to allow other forks in addition to the datainstance ofAppleDouble was used to store resource forks on file systems0.80text
resource forksinstance ofAppleDouble was used to store resource forks on file systems0.80text
to create ainstance ofAppleDouble was used to store resource forks on file systems0.80text
ResEdit to modify the resources of an application file or any of the system files.Within an application or other codeinstance ofusing tools0.80text

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