Carbon File Manager
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Carbon File Manager is an API in Apple’s legacy Carbon framework that provided file system access and management capabilities for classic Mac OS and early Mac OS X applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carbon File Manager canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8471709 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carbon File Manager Context triple: [Mac OS X transition technologies, includes, Carbon File Manager]
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A.
Filestore
Filestore is a managed network file storage service on Google Cloud that provides scalable, high-performance file systems for applications running in the cloud.
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B.
VK Cloud
VK Cloud is a Russian cloud computing platform offering infrastructure and related services for businesses and developers, operated by the technology company VK.
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C.
Nemo file manager
Nemo file manager is the default graphical file management application for the Cinnamon desktop environment, offering a traditional, user-friendly interface with features like tabbed browsing and integrated file operations.
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D.
EncFS
EncFS is an open-source encrypted filesystem that transparently encrypts individual files and directories, commonly implemented using FUSE on Unix-like systems.
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E.
File Services
File Services is a Windows Server role that provides centralized file storage, sharing, and management capabilities across a network.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carbon File Manager Target entity description: Carbon File Manager is an API in Apple’s legacy Carbon framework that provided file system access and management capabilities for classic Mac OS and early Mac OS X applications.
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A.
Filestore
Filestore is a managed network file storage service on Google Cloud that provides scalable, high-performance file systems for applications running in the cloud.
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B.
VK Cloud
VK Cloud is a Russian cloud computing platform offering infrastructure and related services for businesses and developers, operated by the technology company VK.
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C.
Nemo file manager
Nemo file manager is the default graphical file management application for the Cinnamon desktop environment, offering a traditional, user-friendly interface with features like tabbed browsing and integrated file operations.
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D.
EncFS
EncFS is an open-source encrypted filesystem that transparently encrypts individual files and directories, commonly implemented using FUSE on Unix-like systems.
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E.
File Services
File Services is a Windows Server role that provides centralized file storage, sharing, and management capabilities across a network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file system API
ⓘ
software API ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibilityWith | Mac OS Toolbox File Manager ⓘ |
| category |
Apple developer technology
ⓘ
macOS development framework component ⓘ |
| deprecationReason | migration to Cocoa and modern macOS APIs ⓘ |
| designedFor | Carbon applications ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| documentationSite | Apple Developer Documentation ⓘ |
| historicalRole | bridge between classic Mac OS file APIs and Mac OS X file APIs ⓘ |
| introducedFor | transition from Classic Mac OS to Mac OS X ⓘ |
| notSupportedOn | 64-bit-only macOS applications ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Classic Mac OS
ⓘ
Mac OS X ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
|
| partOf | Carbon framework ⓘ |
| platform |
Intel-based Mac
ⓘ
PowerPC ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
file management
ⓘ
file system access ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| relatedAPI |
Carbon Core Services
ⓘ
Carbon Event Manager ⓘ
linked to:
Carbon Events
|
| replacedBy |
Cocoa file system APIs
ⓘ
Foundation NSFileManager ⓘ
linked to:
NSFileManager
POSIX file APIs on macOS ⓘ |
| status | deprecated ⓘ |
| supports |
directory management
ⓘ
file creation ⓘ file deletion ⓘ file iteration APIs ⓘ file metadata manipulation ⓘ file reading ⓘ file reference APIs ⓘ file writing ⓘ volume management ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Unicode file names
ⓘ
data fork access ⓘ long file names ⓘ resource fork access ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment | 32-bit macOS ⓘ |
| uses |
FSRef
ⓘ
FSSpec ⓘ HFS file system semantics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Carbon File Manager Description of subject: Carbon File Manager is an API in Apple’s legacy Carbon framework that provided file system access and management capabilities for classic Mac OS and early Mac OS X applications.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.