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Re: Changing "open with" (Mac Finder) for certain files
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Re: Changing "open with" (Mac Finder) for certain files


  • Subject: Re: Changing "open with" (Mac Finder) for certain files
  • From: Geoff Graham <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:26:24 -0400

There's always:

tell app "Finder"
    open "somefile.pdf" using "Disk:Applications:Skim.app"
end tell

Geoff

On Oct 20, 2010, at 6:15 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:

> Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
>
> Mac User.
>
> Not very proficient with Applescript, and got no joy when
> googling to find a solution.
>
> I have a complete list of all .pdf files on my computer
> which (traditionally) all open with "Adobe Reader".
> Since I found the "Skim" application, I now want to modify
> the "open with" (see the Finder "Get Info" Menu) for certain
> of these files, so that they open with the "Skim" application.
>
> Can I do this in Applescript (which I will call from
> a LiveCode/Revolution stack) ?
>
> Grateful for any help.
>
> -Francis
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