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Originally Posted by donmontalvo
We need an option to turn off this "feature". Also not that the "Hide extension" Finder flag is negatively impact by the Omnigraffle "feature".
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I'm able to rename the application in Finder to include the version number (either by clicking on it in the folder and renaming it, or by changing it in the Inspector), and it's hiding the .app extension for me by default (and doesn't allow me to show the extension, which obviously doesn't match your screenshot—I'm not sure why, maybe that's my default setting and the other is yours?).
Could you explain exactly what you're having trouble doing, i.e. what steps you're trying to take and what results you expected?
We added the major version number to the filename because otherwise many people downloading an upgrade thought we were trying to trick them into requiring a new license after they'd replaced their existing, licensed app (no matter how many warnings we put in the upgrade dialog and download page that it was a paid upgrade). This greatly reduced user frustration and our support burden.
However, many customers complained about the version being in the display name on aesthetic grounds: they felt the application name in the Finder shouldn't include the version number. So, we made the application's display name be "OmniGraffle" (as it had been) but the file name be "OmniGraffle 5" (so nobody would accidentally replace OmniGraffle 4 by installing it). We've received very few complaints with this arrangement (far fewer than we did with either of the previous arrangements).
But none of this should prevent you from changing the name in the Finder. Hmm.
Oh, wait, I think I see what's happening; if you try to change the name to "OmniGraffle 5" that will always display as "OmniGraffle". However, any other name you change it to (e.g. "OmniGraffle v5" or "OmniGraffle 5.0") will actually change and will make the display name and filename consistent.
Hope this helps!