[OS X TeX] TeXMaker stole my file associations

[Alan Munn]

On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Michael Sharpe wrote:

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> On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Alan Munn wrote:
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>> Hi, I was taking a look at TeXMaker, just out of curiosity, (not impressed) and now it's decided that it should open all my TeX-related files, which is very annoying. Since there are a lot of tex-related file extensions, I'm wondering if there's a command-line or stand-alone utility way to change a whole bunch of extensions at once, rather than having to find one of each type and manually go through the "Get Info" + "Change for all" route.
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>> Any suggestions?
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>> Also, is there any way to stop an application from stealing file associations like this?
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>> Alan
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> You might find RCDefaultApp (a prefpane) useful. There's a nice quick description of what it does at
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> http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/set-default-applications-in-mac-os-x/
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Fantastic! This is a great little app.  Thanks Michael.  

Alan


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