[PD] "open with" on os x

[marius schebella]

true. it is apple's big secret where exactly this gets registered...
marius.

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
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> Yup, fun fun fun.  I have found that it'll only register a given copy of 
> Pd if you run it.
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> .hc
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> On Feb 12, 2008, at 5:27 PM, marius schebella wrote:
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>> the latest on this topic. I finally figured out, why osx associates so 
>> many Pd versions with the *.pd file extension. osx indexes also 
>> applications that are not in the /Applications folder at all, but 
>> somewhere on the harddrive (for example in "build" folders or 
>> downloaded files folders).
>> I only got rid of these versions in the "open with" entries by 
>> deleting the unwanted apps themselves. both "open with" and also the 
>> drop down menu in the get info dialog are working again.
>> I also think different release versions which use the same pref file, 
>> like org.puredata.plist (in ~/Library/Preferences) will always switch 
>> to the newest version by default, therefore you cannot chose version 
>> 40-2 if there is also a version 40-3, 41.0. since some pd versions use 
>> a different name for the prefs file, it is sometimes possible to set 
>> another pd version as the default app for *.pd files.
>> marius.
>>
>> marius schebella wrote:
>>> Yes, that is true, but it was the only possibility to get rid of the 
>>> double entries. at least the only one that I found.
>>> marius.
>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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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