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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: Steve Thompson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:01:41 +0100

On 20 Oct 2010, at 11:15, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:

> Can I do this in Applescript (which I will call from
> a LiveCode/Revolution stack) ?

You can but that would be too much work. Although I encourage you to continue learning AppleScript, the easiest way is to click on a PDF in the Finder and choose Get Info

In the Get Info window expand the Open With section

TIFF image


Choose Skim from the list and then click "Change All". All PDFs will then be opened with Skim.

Steve
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