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- 1 2 "About Bundles". Bundle Programming Guide. Apple, Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ↑ "Document Packages". Bundle Programming Guide. Apple, Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ↑ "System-Declared Uniform Type Identifiers". Uniform Type Identifiers Reference. Apple, Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
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