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I'm trying to associate video files with VLC. I use "Commander One" as file explorer and I used to be able to do that through the Get Info dialog or the Open With option in "Commander One". Neither works, I'm using Monterey.

  • In the Open With dialog (Cmd+click on file), I can see the dialog but I do not have the option to make this permanent for all files. There used to be an option like "do it for all files" or something.

Screenshot of the 'Open With' dialog box without the option to choose a different application

  • In the Get Info dialog, there was a section about file association: "open with" with a bunch of options. It's not present on my Mac.

Screenshot of the 'Get Info' window for an .avi with no 'Open With' option

Don't know what's going on here, looks like my OS is broken.

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    The file is in /Movies so not your own home directory - who owns the file and directory? I thought this was shown in Sharing and Permissions
    – mmmmmm
    Commented Sep 21, 2023 at 10:33
  • My user is the owner of the file. Yes, the file is on a different disk partition for Data that is not user specific. Why should it matter where the file is for OSX to show the options?
    – Kev
    Commented Sep 21, 2023 at 10:37
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    That looks like a non-standard Finder Get Info panel. Sharing and Permissions is not normally checkboxes, and doesn't have the unix number. I'm on Ventura and Sonoma, but Get Info doesn't look like it has changed for decades. You should still see an Open With control.
    – benwiggy
    Commented Sep 21, 2023 at 10:37
  • Which exact version of OSX are you using - that panel looks like a very old version (my earlier question was because a different user might explain the issue), Can you also show the owner of the file if not via Finder then by Terminal and ls -l
    – mmmmmm
    Commented Sep 21, 2023 at 10:40
  • I'm using Monterey (it's in the title) - I can confirm the owner is my user.
    – Kev
    Commented Sep 21, 2023 at 10:44

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Currently, it turns out that Commander One is displaying its own file info dialog. Although the menu looks like it will use the OS one.

There is no solution to this other than using Finder.

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