Comments on: Ask OS X Daily: How Do I Force Open a File? http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Fri, 24 May 2013 05:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Encrypt & Decrypt Files from the Command Line with OpenSSL http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/#comment-326831 Encrypt & Decrypt Files from the Command Line with OpenSSL Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:00:49 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/#comment-326831 [...] with OpenSSL without entering the password? You’ll probably get an error message, but if you force open the file with something like TextEdit, you’ll see the text “Salted” followed by a [...] [...] with OpenSSL without entering the password? You’ll probably get an error message, but if you force open the file with something like TextEdit, you’ll see the text “Salted” followed by a [...]

]]> By: Force Preview to Open an Image File - OS X Daily http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/#comment-99892 Force Preview to Open an Image File - OS X Daily Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:12:10 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/#comment-99892 [...] 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 [...] [...] 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 [...]

]]> By: anon http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/#comment-16222 anon Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:22:10 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/#comment-16222 Can't you just use: open -a SomeApp somepeskyunassociatedfile ? Can’t you just use:

open -a SomeApp somepeskyunassociatedfile

?

]]> By: Weaver http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/#comment-7515 Weaver Wed, 23 May 2007 01:03:57 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/22/ask-os-x-daily-how-do-i-force-open-a-file/#comment-7515 I just double click the file if I want to open it, call me old fashioned I just double click the file if I want to open it, call me old fashioned

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