![]() You use File > Get Info on Finder items, right? It opens the Info window for the selected item, which provides all sorts of…well, info. In the Info window’s Open With section, select an app from the drop-down menu, click the Change All button, and click Continue in the confirmation dialog box. Select any JPEG and choose File > Get Info. ![]() Forever afterward, that document will open in the app you chose from the contextual menu.īonus tip: Want to always open a certain type of file in a specific program? You might want, for instance, JPEGs to always open in Photoshop so you can edit them, instead of in Preview. To make the program you choose the new default when you open a particular document, press Option to change the contextual menu’s Open With command to Always Open With. Or, Control-click (or right-click) on a file, and choose the Open With command in the contextual menu that pops up. You can override the default by using the File > Open With command and choosing from the submenu. A text file might open in Microsoft Word, Apple’s TextEdit, or Bare Bones Software’s BBEdit. But what if you don’t have the parent application, or if the default program is one you’d rather not use? A JPEG image, for instance, can be opened by Apple’s Preview, Adobe Photoshop, or any Web browser. A document usually knows what app created it, so when you double-click the file, that app opens. ![]()
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