Use of .app Extension
One of the ways OS X determines if a package is an application is through the use of file extensions. The rules to determine if a package is an application are:
On all file systems: the presence of a
.app
suffixOn HFS+ only: the
.app
suffix is optional, if the package bit is set and the folder contains a new styleinfo.xml
.
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