[PD] "open with" on os x

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Wed Oct 31 22:27:00 CET 2007


Watch out, I am pretty sure that it deletes all your associations as  
well, and will prompt you again with the "this App hasn't been run  
before, run it?" dialog.

.hc

On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:44 PM, Dafydd Hughes wrote:

> boy. i'm gonna bookmark this one!
>
> On 31-Oct-07, at 12:39 PM, marius schebella wrote:
>
>> I finally found the solution to this annoying problem.
>> you have to rebuild the launch service database (see http:// 
>> www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486 )
>> I ran the following command, and that fixed it.
>>
>> /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/ 
>> Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r - 
>> domain local -domain system -domain user
>>
>> marius.
>>
>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>> This is a bug I run into a lot.  Basically, if you have a lot of  
>>> versions of Pd, it confused the assocations system.  Try removing  
>>> random ones.  I have found that I have to clean out the  
>>> associations system from time to time because I am always trying  
>>> many different versions.
>>> I forgot how to do it now... I think it's done by deleting some  
>>> file in /Library/Caches and rebooting.
>>> .hc
>>> On Oct 2, 2007, at 11:45 AM, marius schebella wrote:
>>>> yes, that should do it, but not here. when I select Pd-extended it
>>>> immediately get reset. there must be some hidden mechanism that  
>>>> always
>>>> choses the newer version or a file where that is stored...
>>>> I have no clue what I have to search for to get this fixed.
>>>> marius.
>>>>
>>>> Dafydd Hughes wrote:
>>>>> Hi Marius
>>>>>
>>>>> This worked for me:
>>>>>
>>>>> In Finder, Get Info on any Pd file, Open With -> choose your  
>>>>> version
>>>>> -> Change All...
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers
>>>>> dafydd
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/2/07, marius schebella <marius.schebella at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I have two versions of pd-extended on my mac: pd-extended  
>>>>>> (0.39) and
>>>>>> pd-0.40.3-extended. I want all pd files to be opened with 0.39  
>>>>>> by default.
>>>>>> Instead os x tries to open all Pd files with a version  
>>>>>> (0.40.3) which I
>>>>>> deleted some time ago.
>>>>>> oh, how I hate stupid MACOS X!
>>>>>> anyway, how can I change that. I tried to use applications  
>>>>>> like xray,
>>>>>> but whenever I change the settings to the older version it gets
>>>>>> overwritten by that fascist OS that thinks it is cleverer than  
>>>>>> me.
>>>>>> marius.
>>>>>>
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