[PD] "open with" on os x

Dafydd Hughes dafydd61 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 17:44:31 CET 2007


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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