I found this useful, on the Tinderbox wiki, though as you will see it works on all sorts of files in OS X.
After setting up a TinderBox document with all the prototypes I will use for that type of project, I save the file, get info, and check the stationary pad check box. Now when I want a new project, I just double click that file and a copy is created in that same directory. I rename that copy to my new project and I am ready to go. … Actually the feature is not specific to TinderBox, or OS X for that matter. It’s been around on the Mac for ages. You can make a Stationary Pad out of any file. In Finder, “Get Info” on a text file or anything else you’d like to test it on. In OS 9 or less, it is right in the General tab, near the flag that sets if the file is locked or not. In recent versions of OS X it is located in the top General drop-down, right above the Locked toggle. Once you set that, close the Info pane, and double click on the file. Finder automatically duplicates the file, and then opens the new copy. This way, you never touch the original file and it stays pristine.
Well, I didn’t know that before, and it is quite useful.
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