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Is there a faster way to change default apps associated with file types on OS X?

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Mar 15, 20266667 views
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Is there anything more convenient than using RCDefaultApp or Magic Launch, or just repeatedly pressing the Change All buttons in Finder's information panels? I thought about writing a shell script that would modify the CFBundleDocumentTypes arrays in Info.plist files. But each app has multiple keys…

Error Output

$ `locate lsregister` -h
lsregister: [OPTIONS] [ <path>... ]
                      [ -apps <domain>[,domain]... ]
                      [ -libs <doma…

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duti Download the pkg installer or compile from source Save a file like this somewhere: Finding bundle identifiers or UTIs: lsapps I wrote a Ruby script a lot like duti before I found out about it. It requires restarting the OS to apply the changes …

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