Default App For File Type How To Change The

You can make Mac OS X open every file of a certain format type with a certain application by changing the file association from the Finder.

Default App For File Type How To Change The

Well show you how to change the file type association in Mac OS X so that you can set file kinds to open all in one application.

Theres countless reasons to change file associations and the apps that are launched with them, so now you know how.

Ive uninstalled iTunes (dont ask me how, Im just happy to have survived it) but despite changing the default file associations of music, Spotlight (or MacOS) still tries to open music files with iTunes, which results in the icon opening and the closing instantly without anything else happening.

I often save emails to the cloud, and to do so, I save them to my computer first.

The sticker is, when I drag an outlook file to my computer, it defaults to.eml, and I have to change the extension to.msg so that my PC friends can view the file.

Any thoughts on using terminal or other tools to change the default on this.

For some reason my Mac has got itself in a muddle with file associations.

Excel first, use the File, Open option and search for the file on my Hard Drive.

I have Lion, 10.7.4, and there is no Change All option that I can find.

If you click the Change All button you will change that file types association across Mac OS X, causing all instances of that file to open in the application you.

But the new file icons are blank, i.e.

QT-type icon is displayed.

Now I can use my favorite, mplayer osx extended, with just one click.:D.

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Mac Default App For File Type