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Property

# FileType.MacType

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This item was deprecated in version 2019r1. Please use `Understanding Uniform Type Identifiers</topics/file_management/understanding_uniform_type_identifiers>` as a replacement.

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## Description

The four-byte string used to identify the type of file in the Mac OS.

## Sample code

The following defines the png file type in code.

``` xojo
Dim pngType As New FileType
pngType.Name = "image/png"
pngType.MacType = "PNG"
pngType.MacCreator="ogle"
pngType.Extensions = "png"
```

## Compatibility

All project types on all supported operating systems.