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#Mac set default app for extension how to#
#Mac set default app for extension code#

There are a couple of ways I could get this info. I want to change from Mou to Sublime Text, so I need Sublime Text’s bundle ID.

The app’s bundle ID, a unique identifier for each program that normally is written in a reverse-domain-name style (like or ).

Why do this? Just so I can verify the current default, & then verify that any changes I make took. Find out the current default for an extension This results in the duti executable going in /usr/local/bin/ & its man page getting placed into /usr/local/share/man/man1/. Download it, untar it, cd into the directory, & then do the classic three steps 4.

#Mac set default app for extension code#

You can grab the source code at Sourceforge 3. The program that makes it easy to change default apps via the command line is a free, open source app named duti 2.

Find out the current default for an extension.

#Mac set default app for extension how to#

Before you can jump in, though, you need to install a program & also know how to gather a few pieces of key information. After I fix that problem (using the command line, natch), I’d like to quickly re-set my default apps.

Periodically, I find that when I right-click on a file, the programs list shows duplicates, sometimes a lot of duplicates.

I can make all my changes at one time (like after I’ve done a clean reinstall), in a few seconds.

I can keep all my changes listed in one file, so I have a record of what I changed.

Why use the command line when the process is pretty easy to do with a GUI? It’s been that way for years, & it works fine.īut I want to use the command line instead.

md, choose Get Info (or just select the file & press Command-I), find the Open With section, select Sublime Text, press Change All, press Continue when asked if I’m sure, close the Info window, done. Most Mac users of even mid-level sophistication know the drill: right-click on any file ending in. So when I click on foo.md, I want it to open in Sublime Text instead of Mou. For a while I wanted the very nice (& free for now!) app Mou to open those, but now I’ve switched to Sublime Text for my Markdown editing 1. I use Markdown a lot, so I’m constantly creating files that end in the. Changing default applications on a Mac using the command line & then a shell script