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From: erilar on 22 Jun 2010 16:30 Is there a way I can STOP Preview from butting in and opening files made with other programs that I want to open in the program I made them in? Before SabreTooth(10.6+) messed up a whole list of things with its installation, when I clicked on a graphics file made or modified by ColorIt, that's what it opened in. GC files were opened by GC. Now any of those I click on are opened by the imbecilic Preview, which I can't use for anything but a slide show. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: Jim Gibson on 22 Jun 2010 20:06 In article <drache-4D9252.15302222062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.exa mple.com>, erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > Is there a way I can STOP Preview from butting in and opening files made > with other programs that I want to open in the program I made them in? > Before SabreTooth(10.6+) messed up a whole list of things with its > installation, when I clicked on a graphics file made or modified by > ColorIt, that's what it opened in. GC files were opened by GC. Now any > of those I click on are opened by the imbecilic Preview, which I can't > use for anything but a slide show. 1. Open a finder window. 2. Select one of the documents that you wish to open in ColorIt. 3. Click on the "More info..." button or type Command-I. 4. Find the "Open with:" section and click on the triangle to open it, if necessary. 5. From the pop-up menu, select the ColorIt application (if it is there). 6. If it is not there, select "Other" and navigate to the ColorIt application in the dialog box that opens. 7. Select the "Always Open With" checkbox in the dialog box or click on the "Change All..." button in the "More info" box (or both). -- Jim Gibson
From: David Empson on 22 Jun 2010 20:14 erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > Is there a way I can STOP Preview from butting in and opening files made > with other programs that I want to open in the program I made them in? > Before SabreTooth(10.6+) messed up a whole list of things with its > installation, when I clicked on a graphics file made or modified by > ColorIt, that's what it opened in. GC files were opened by GC. Now any > of those I click on are opened by the imbecilic Preview, which I can't > use for anything but a slide show. In short, not easily. In Snow Leopard, Apple decided to drop support for the "creator" metadata which has been attached to Mac files since day one. This allowed files to be opened in a specific application (typically the one which created it, but an application could decide to save a file with a creator code of another specific application). Snow Leopard now only pays attention to a specific override for each file (set via Get Info in Finder for an individual document), or the filename extension, or if all else fails the file type metadata (e.g. TEXT files will open with TextEdit by default). You can configure a single application to open all documents with a particular extension (via Get Info in Finder, by clicking the Change All button), or override for individual files, but if you have many files with the same extension (e.g. .jpeg) that you want to open automatically with different specific applications, you are out of luck. There is at least one third party tool which reinstates the "creator" recognition. http://pagehand.com/launchcodes/ You can assign LaunchCodes to open everything with the extension in question, or you can do it on a one-off basis by dragging and dropping the document onto LaunchCodes (which should be kept in your Dock). Never tried it myself, and I'm not sure if it will help with files that have no extension on their name. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: erilar on 22 Jun 2010 20:45 In article <1jkjdxz.npv3515t8laaN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > In Snow Leopard, Apple decided to drop support for the "creator" > metadata which has been attached to Mac files since day one. This > allowed files to be opened in a specific application (typically the one > which created it, but an application could decide to save a file with a > creator code of another specific application). Now I have even MORE grounds for detesting this downgrade! I have to open an empty document in a program to activate it so I can open other files I need to work with. As far as I can see, Preview is totally useless as a graphics tool; it has no editing functionality and doesn't even have a graduated zoom tool. I've never seen anything so totally useless for anything but a slide show. Even iPhoto 06 will do more than this piece of trash I'm stuck with now because I need it to communicate with my iPad. I thought it had already done all its damage when it destroyed my address book and cut off the network connection to my old computer(along with some other damage that was repairable) And as for TextEdit: it's almost as minimal as Preview and won't let me open documents with the program of my choice either. OK, temporary end of rant. I'm going to go read a free book on my iPad and drink a glass of wine. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 22 Jun 2010 20:48
In article <220620101706485753%jimsgibson(a)gmail.com>, Jim Gibson <jimsgibson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article > <drache-4D9252.15302222062010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.exa > mple.com>, erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > > Is there a way I can STOP Preview from butting in and opening files made > > with other programs that I want to open in the program I made them in? > > Before SabreTooth(10.6+) messed up a whole list of things with its > > installation, when I clicked on a graphics file made or modified by > > ColorIt, that's what it opened in. GC files were opened by GC. Now any > > of those I click on are opened by the imbecilic Preview, which I can't > > use for anything but a slide show. > > 1. Open a finder window. > 2. Select one of the documents that you wish to open in ColorIt. > 3. Click on the "More info..." button or type Command-I. > 4. Find the "Open with:" section and click on the triangle to open it, > if necessary. > 5. From the pop-up menu, select the ColorIt application (if it is > there). > 6. If it is not there, select "Other" and navigate to the ColorIt > application in the dialog box that opens. > 7. Select the "Always Open With" checkbox in the dialog box or click on > the "Change All..." button in the "More info" box (or both). Thank you for the step by step. I'm going to save this in a readily accessible location for a patient time. Tonight is not one. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |