Comments on: Change File Associations in Mac OS X

By: Show Filename Extensions in Mac OS X

Show Filename Extensions in Mac OS X — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:26:40 +0000

[...] many users, not seeing filename extensions is probably fine, but I often set custom file associations, and knowing the extension will let you know what app is going to open with each file without [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:00:59 +0000

Hey did you solve the INDD issue defaulting back to CS5.5.. I have the same issue!

By: cash bishop

cash bishop — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:37:03 +0000

nothing, rubicode included, seems to be able to re-associate .indd files with InDesign 5 after installing 5.5. after choosing InDesign 5, the pulldown menu simply reverts to 5.5.

By: alan

alan — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:59:55 +0000

thanks, mate!! much appreciated!

By: Easily Set File Association in Mac OS X Lion Using “Always Open With” App

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:03:30 +0000

[...] in the pre-Lion way through the “Get Info” menu for a one time use or by hitting the “Change All” button in a files Get Info window, but the new option-right click method is much faster, easier to [...]

By: Ram

Ram — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:25:30 +0000

I needed this and you were #1 on google. You’re a savior and deserve to be there

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:23:20 +0000

OMG thanks so much this has been annoying me for months!! damn quicktime always associates itself with files it cant even play lol

By: Lu

Lu — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:25:13 +0000

Thanks – this has been driving me nuts as long as I’ve had my Mac, seem to always put up with it, but this morning I decided, no more!

By: bin wang

bin wang — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:47:02 +0000

great, thanks a lot. It solved my issue of switching bit torrent client.

By: Clear the “Open With” menu in Mac OS X

Clear the “Open With” menu in Mac OS X — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:35:22 +0000

[...] Open With menu is fairly adjustable in its default behavior, you can also learn how to change a file types association across the board or on a per file basis for more specific [...]

By: Change the default app a file opens with on a Mac

Change the default app a file opens with on a Mac — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:17:44 +0000

[...] default behavior of that specific file. 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 [...]

By: Dr Dag

Dr Dag — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:35:33 +0000

This works… I changed m4vs to launch QT, rather than VLC. But the new file icons are blank, i.e. no QT-type icon is displayed.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:11:20 +0000

Thanks! Everytime I tried to open any .mp4 files, it tried to start up VMware Fusion and play it with Windows Media Player!!!! HA! Quite vexing I can tell you!

By: Alejandro Sierra

Alejandro Sierra — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:18:21 +0000

Thanks a lot! QuickTime can’t use AVI files without help, but for some reason avi files had qt associated by default. Now I can use my favorite, mplayer osx extended, with just one click.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:21:37 +0000

@Kevin – Great tip! Antoher OSX Must have added to my list!