Mac Set Default Apps (MSDA) MSDA provides an easy way to silently change the default applications used by macOS. There are no pop-ups or prompts and, even better, it works for Google Chrome! Back in the pre-Mac OS X and macOS days, Apple’s System 9 and earlier relied on hidden metadata to associate files with apps. File extensions, those bits of text that follow a period at the end.
You must be logged in with an account that has administrator rights on your Mac to change these settings. If you are prompted for a username/password, use the ones for your administrator account on your Mac, not your MIT Kerberos Principle.
This can be done through the cups interface.
- In a browser, go to the webpage 127.0.0.1:631/printers.
Note: If you get an error message such as 'cannot connect' or 'web interface is disabled', start the Terminal app (in Applications > Utilities) and enter the command: cupsctl WebInterface=Yes - Select your printer (link is in blue).
- Under Administration, select Set default options.
- Modify the options that you wish to change. In this generic example I have used the generic driver instead of HP, Dell or other so few options are available.
- Click on 'Set Default Options' at the bottom of the list of options.
- Enter your administration username and password into the dialog box that appears and then click the blue Okay button in the bottom right corner of the box.
- Go back to terminal and run the command: cupsctl WebInterface=No if you wish for that webpage to be disabled, e.g. public machine.
Whenever you double click on any file on your Mac within the Finder, the operating system will by default find the most suitable app to open it and reveal its contents. Most of the time everything will work without issues, but there are other times when your Mac will either not use the ideal app to open a file or will simply not be able to find a suitable app at all.
If you have experienced this issue before and would like to know how to solve it, read along. What causes this issue most of the time is that you might have two or more apps that support the type of file that you want to open.
For Example: Some very frequent culprits of this are archiving apps like Winrar or UnRarX, both of which support very similar file types. Another common occurrence is mix-ups between video players like VLC and Quicktime, with the latter opening files only supported by the former.What you need to do in order to solve this issue is to change the default app for opening certain types of files, or at least choose a different app from the available ones to open a particular file. Follow these steps to learn how to do just that.
Open File with Different Program
Step 1: First, start by locating the file you want to open within the Finder.
Step 2: If you want to open the file with a different app than the one set by default only once, then all you have to do is right-click on the file, click on the Open With option and then select the app you want to use from the list of available programs.
Set Default Program for Specific File Types
Step 1: To set a different default app for all files of a certain type, you can also start by locating a file of that type first and then by right-clicking on it. This time though, locate the Get Info option and click on it.
Step 2: This will display the information panel for that particular file. On it, look for the Open with: section located almost at the bottom of the window. If it is not open, click on the small triangle until the information is displayed just like on the screenshot below.
Windows 10 Cannot Set Default Apps
Step 3: There, you will see a dropdown menu that will display all of the apps that support the file and are capable of opening it. Click on this menu and then select the application that you want to use to open that file type from then on.
If you don’t find the app you are looking for on the list, simply click on Other… to look for one within the Applications folder.
Step 4: Once you select the application you want, click on the Change All… button to apply the changes. Then, confirm your selection on the next window.
Once you are done, just close the information panel and you will be set to go. From now on, every time you open any file of that type, it will open in the new application you selected.
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