On 27 Oct 2025, at 15:25, David Barto wrote:

> This article 
> <https://eclecticlight.co/2025/10/25/explainer-how-does-macos-recognise-file-types/>
>  shows how the lookup sequence works. My question is how to modify it to have 
> .txt, .py, and other extensions use BBEdit as the default editor, rather than 
> TextEdit or Xcode.

The Finder is generally used for this, via the "Change All" button in the 
Finder's "Get Info" window.

R.

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Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me.

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