Ask OS X Daily: How do I force open a file?
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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.
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Comments: 2
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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