[PD] "open with" on os x

Wed Feb 13 20:08:18 CET 2008

but the registration is system intern and I cannot access it and change 
it and therefore have problems when I want to use a different release 
version as default.
after googleing information on how Info.plist works, I came across this 
link 
http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2006/08/02/versioning_os_x_apps/
and thought maybe changing the CfBundleVersion entry to a correct format 
(nn.n.nxnnn) could solve this problem, but I am not sure (I will 
try...). what do you think?
marius.

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> It's not a secret, it's decently documented on Apple's site.  The 
> registration happens when you start the app.  The OS reads the 
> "Contents/Info.plist" that's inside the app when you launch it.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Feb 12, 2008, at 6:46 PM, marius schebella wrote:
> 
>> true. it is apple's big secret where exactly this gets registered...
>> marius.
>>
>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>> Yup, fun fun fun.  I have found that it'll only register a given copy 
>>> of Pd if you run it.
>>> .hc
>>> On Feb 12, 2008, at 5:27 PM, marius schebella wrote:
>>>> 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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