[Ham-Mac] How to Change file extension Associatation in OS X

Kristen A. McIntyre kristen at alum.mit.edu
Fri Nov 5 19:57:23 EDT 2010


No prob.  Finder is something I'm _quite_ familiar with ...

On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Dick Kriss wrote:

> Kristen
> 
> Thanks for the tip. Using the Change All worked great.
> 
>> This change will apply to all documents with extension ³.dat².
> 
> I was just having a brain freeze and forgot about the Change All.
> 
> Thanks for the reminder.
> 
> 73 Dick AA5VU
> 
> 
> On 11/5/10 6:36 PM, "Kristen A. McIntyre" <kristen at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Use cmd-i from Finder.  Look where it says "Open with:" as in:
>> 
>> Choose "other ..." if Text Edit is not in the list when you click on the
>> control.  This will cause the "Change All..." button to light up, as in:
>> 
>> Click on "Change All..." and that will make the change system-wide.
>> 
> 
> 
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