Comments on: Quick Tip: Force Files to Open with Certain Programs http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:03:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jenny Kortina http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329058 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:30:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329058 @David: My bad…didn’t read it correctly. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329057 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:29:22 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329057 @Jenny: This method is different as it saves you the step of choosing “Other” if the program is shown in the drop-down menu. You do not need to open a dialog box at all this way.

]]> By: Patrick http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329056 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:00:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329056 I’ve now settled with NicePlayer for watching .flv files.

Thanks for all your suggestions

]]> By: Jenny Kortina http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329060 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:55:45 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329060 @David: That’s the first method described…

]]> By: Patrick http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329059 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:43:53 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329059 @Peter
Also tried out Open-With Manager, no success.

@Tempura
No, I don’t have any encryption enabled.

]]> By: Tempura http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329061 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:46:32 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329061 Do you encrypt your home-dir with filevault? If’ve heard that this could break the file-settings after a reboot.

]]> By: Peter http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329064 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:41:47 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329064 Open-With Manager ( free – from the wonderful folks who gave us Service Scrubber ) ;

http://www.manytricks.com/openwithmanager/

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329063 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:25:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329063 An easier variation of the first method is to right click on the file and then hold down the Option key. Option-clicking changes “Open With” to “Always Open With.”

]]> By: Patrick http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329062 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:43:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329062 Ok, will try this out. Thanks

]]> By: Erik http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329065 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329065 Sorry, I’m out of ideas. The only think I can think of would be to use RCDefaults to force it to use another player (FLV player or VLC), reboot, then force it back to Quicktime.

]]> By: Patrick http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329066 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:28:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329066 Yes, when I drag the .flv file on QuickTime Player it plays flawlessly but I can’t assign it to be the standard player.

]]> By: Erik http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329068 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:17:51 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329068 @patrick: And you have perian installed?

]]> By: Patrick http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329067 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:06:43 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329067 @Erik
Unfortunately not.

I’ve already assigned “flv” and “video/x-flv” to QuickTime Player but it still doesn’t work.

]]> By: Erik http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329069 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:38:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329069 I use the Preference Pane app RCDefaultApp to do this:
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/

Maybe it will solve you problem, Patrick.

]]> By: Jenny Kortina http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329070 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:04:26 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329070 Unfortunately, these are the only two methods I know of. Anyone else know?

]]> By: Patrick http://gigaom.com/apple/quick-tip-force-files-to-open-with-certain-programs/#comment-329071 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:43:24 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3666#comment-329071 I tried to do this for .flv files so that they always open with QuickTime Player but unfortunately it doesn’t work. It always reverts to any of the other Video Players I’ve installed.

Do you know what could possible be wrong with my setup?

Thanks in advance

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