[OS X TeX] .sty files open with & have Aquamacs icon after upgrade to MacTeX 2019

[Herbert Schulz]

> On May 5, 2019, at 1:47 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On May 5, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Since upgrading from MacTeX 2018 to 2019 under macOS Mojave (10.14.4), in Finder all .sty files have the Aquamacs icon and open with Aquamacs, not TeXShop (the latter being what I want to use).
>> 
>> I tried the simple supposed solution: select a .sty file in Finder, use Cmd-I, change the "Open with” choice to TeXShop.app (4.27) , click the "Change All” button, and confirm my choice with the Continue button.
>> 
>> However, two peculiar things happen now:
>> 
>> 	- the “Open with” automatically changes to TeX.mdimporter (1.3); and
>> 	- the Preview still shows the Aquamacs icon.
>> 
>> That .sty file, and others, _will_ now open with TeXShop when double-clicked in Finder, but the Aquamacs icon persists in Finder.
>> 
>> Note that the icon for .tex files is the usual, expected one.
>> 
>> Of course I’ve looked at Alan Munn’s answer at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/210948/macos-texshop-3-45-icon-issue. However, the file he references there ...
>> 
>> 	~/Library/Prefences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
>> 
>> … does not exist on my system.
>> 
>> Suggestions?
>> 
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>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Use Alan's alternative solution: run
> 
> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user 
> 
> (all one line) or drag and drop
> 
> <FixLaunchServices.sh>
> 
> onto a Terminal window and press return. This forces a rebuild of the LaunchServices database.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 

Howdy,

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and follow the directions I gave before.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)