Ignorance of the past may lead one to incorrect conclusions.<p>Resource forks were a clever way to keep things like icons, fonts, text messages and dialog box definitions bundled within a single program file (remember - on Macs the install&#x2F;uninstall procedure is usually dragging an icon).<p>Many times I&#x27;ve customized programs this way.<p>HFS+_is brain-dead for a multitude of reasons. This is not one of them.