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Ask OS X Daily: How do I force open a file?

May 22nd, 2007 - Ask OS X Daily, How to, Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks

Reader Mathew Prairen asks a common question about opening files that has a remarkably simple answer:
“I have a few image files from my PC that Preview refuses to open, is there any way I can force Preview to open these images?”
If you want to force open any file with virtually any program, simply hold down the Command+Option keys while dragging the file onto the applications icon. There’s no guarantee the program will like the file you are forcing it to open, but it will try anyway.

Posted by: David Mendez

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Comments: 3

Comment from Weaver
Time: May 22, 2007, 6:03 pm

I just double click the file if I want to open it, call me old fashioned

Comment from anon
Time: August 11, 2007, 7:22 pm

Can’t you just use:

open -a SomeApp somepeskyunassociatedfile

?

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Time: February 24, 2010, 6:12 am

[...] was corrupted. I remembered this trick from a post a few years back by our very own David Mendez, how to force open a file in Mac OS X, and this actually will work with nearly every application and file, so if you want to force an [...]

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May 22nd, 2007