Timeline for File with no extension will be opened by TextEdit by default. How do I change that?
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| Apr 4 at 20:44 | comment | added | Seamus | @Andy: So is mine - but it was 100% text when I submitted this answer. F***g Apple! So, let me make sure I understand: You edited this "half-binary" file iaw the answer I gave & it worked - after a re-start? | |
| Apr 4 at 20:27 | comment | added | Andy | No, it's not - it's half-binary | |
| Mar 24 at 18:56 | comment | added | Seamus |
@Andy: And is the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist on your system a plain-text file?
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| Mar 24 at 9:23 | comment | added | Andy | The latest 14.4 | |
| Mar 23 at 21:46 | comment | added | Seamus | @Andy: What version of macOS are you using for this task? | |
| Mar 23 at 21:41 | comment | added | Andy | It worked for me with restart but I would really like to avoid it somehow | |
| Mar 23 at 20:43 | comment | added | Seamus | @Andy: Have you tried a re-start? Sorry - it's been almost a year since this was posted. I do try hard to test everything I put in an answer, so it's also possible that a re-start was the only way I found to make it persistent. ALSO: Just checked my system, and learned the file has been changed to a binary file in one of Apple's updates. Consequently, it is also possible that this no longer works! | |
| Mar 23 at 20:04 | comment | added | Andy | I tried log out/on and relaunching Finder&Dock - no luck | |
| Mar 23 at 18:50 | comment | added | Seamus |
@Andy: good question. Based on similar usages of defaults you may have a couple of alternatives to a re-start: 1) log out & logon; 2) run killall Finder from the Terminal.
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| Mar 23 at 14:12 | comment | added | Andy | Is restarting the only way? | |
| Apr 30, 2023 at 0:31 | history | edited | Seamus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
[duplicate] designation removed; previous edit not needed
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| Apr 28, 2023 at 23:42 | comment | added | Redarm | "Other answers depend on 3rd-party apps which are either obsolete or ill-maintained." A Swift one: github.com/Lord-Kamina/SwiftDefaultApps | |
| Apr 28, 2023 at 23:08 | history | edited | Seamus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Add EDIT as rebuttal to [duplicate] classification
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| Apr 28, 2023 at 8:12 | history | edited | Seamus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 399 characters in body
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| Apr 28, 2023 at 7:50 | history | answered | Seamus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |