2021

WORKING WITH MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS 2021 | 535
XTensions software
You can use XTensions modules to add features such as palettes, commands, tools,
and menus that augment just about every activity you undertake.
Working with XTensions modules
Many XTensions come in two parts: One file for the functionality of the XTensions 
module, and another file for its user interface. The name of the user interface
module typically ends in “UI.” XTensions modules that do not have any user
interface do not have to have a UI file.
Installing XTensions modules
QuarkXPress ships with a default set of XTensions modules. You can also install
additional XTensions software developed by Quark or by third-party companies.
macOS
QuarkXPress is released as an “App Bundle” for macOS. In order to make this
possible, all of the supporting folders, including the default XTensions, have been
moved inside the self-contained app bundle. QuarkXPress will load third party
XTensions from the following two locations:
~/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress •
<version>/XTensions
/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress •
<version>/XTensions
If the XTension is placed in the main library path, it will be available to all the users
on that Mac. If deployed in the user’s library path, the XTension will only be
available to that particular user. If the same XTension exists in both of these
locations, then the one in the user’s library location will get the preference.
The XTensions must be placed in one of these folders for QuarkXPress <version> to 
load them. Do not make a change in the QuarkXPress app bundle. Newly installed
XTensions modules will load the next time you launch.
The XTensions Disabled folder was deprecated with QuarkXPress <version> on 
Mac and will no longer be supported. The disabled XTensions will be recorded in
the following file: ~/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress
<version>/XTSettings.plist.