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I have a .dmg file and I want to hide its extension. So I do the usual and ⌘I, then check Hide extension. killall Finder just to be sure. I look and sure enough... the file extension is still there. So I use SetFile -a E myfile.dmg hoping that will work. It doesn't. Any ideas? Here's a picture just in case.enter image description here

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OK, I found the issue. Apparently two options have to be set in order for any extension to disappear (except for .app). First you have to go into Finder's Preferences > Advanced. Untick Show all filename extensions. Then you tick Hide extension in the Get Info window for your file and the extension is hidden.

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  • Works for me (under MacOS Sierra).
    – eldes
    Jan 20, 2018 at 1:16
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That's the "get info" window and not the Finder. The get info window will (in my experience) always show the extension.

Hiding the extension is for Finder views not the get info window.

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  • I'm aware. I'm just showing my Get Info options in case I did something wrong.
    – atirit
    Apr 9, 2016 at 16:28
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Try just doing the basic thing by pressing enter and deleting the extension. The press get info to make sure the extension is still there.

Works on 10.11.4 Tested on OSX El Capitan 10.11.4

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  • If you mean press Enter in regular Finder and then manually delete the extension, I tried that and it removes the extension entirely, as in it changes the file type from Disk Image to Raw Disk Image and doesn't show an extension in Get Info. Or maybe I'm not understanding your answer. :)
    – atirit
    Apr 9, 2016 at 16:30
  • Thats funny, i did that and it stayed as a dmg but the extension was deleted from the filename. What version of osx are you using?
    – agillbraun
    Apr 10, 2016 at 23:25
  • I'm using El Capitan.
    – atirit
    Apr 11, 2016 at 2:05
  • thats what im using and it worked. Hmm im kinda lost here
    – agillbraun
    Apr 12, 2016 at 2:47
  • Here's exactly what I'm doing as per your instructions. Go into Finder. Select my .dmg. Press enter (edit the filename), and press backspace until .dmg is gone. Then it gives me a warning popup.
    – atirit
    Apr 12, 2016 at 2:57

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