Hi Christiaan, it's filed as Bug ID# 5712415.
Sth. to add: in the context-menu in Finder there is "Skim (Standard)" and then below "Skim 1.0" mentioned so it does point to an older version accessible via backup. Nevertheless this is confusing. Greetings, Rolf Am 29.01.2008 um 15:03 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: > This was your last mail? (I got the other reply after this one). > > On 29 Jan 2008, at 2:37 PM, Rolf Schmolling wrote: > >> Correction: >> >> it does seem to be a problem with Apple because I just checked: from >> context-menu it opens a version from TimeMachine-backup. >> > > And it's probably the same version that BibDesk's Open With menu tags > as default? > >> Will send feedback to Apple. >> > > Tell them that launch services does not choose the correct copy of > the app, it should prefer your copy in Applications over a copy > anywhere else. According to their documentation they indeed don't > have this rule, but IMHO it should be one of the rules. I consider > this a bug. Moreover I noticed that their version comparison is > pretty lame, they think 1.0RC2 is newer than 1.0.3. > > You can refer to my report rdar://problem/5152537. > > In the future we will always include the copy in Applications in the > Open With menu. Perhaps we should also override Launch Service's > choice of default app if we find a better candidiate. > > Christiaan > >> Greetings, >> >> Rolf >> >> Am 29.01.2008 um 14:16 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: >> >>> Is Skim the default app for PDFs? If so, this is mostly a problem of >>> Apple, because it chooses a random copy as the default (and that's >>> the one we always include). E.g. if you just double-click in Finder, >>> which one will it choose? On my computer it consistently chooses the >>> wrong copy. I filed a bug report with Apple a while ago, which they >>> don't want to acknowledge. Otherwise we should always prefer the >>> version in /Applications, if it exists. Is that not the case for >>> you? >>> I have no idea how to recognize a version from Time Machine. >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>> On 29 Jan 2008, at 1:50 PM, Rolf Schmolling wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Christiaan, >>>> >>>> I tried the latest build: http://bibdesk.demokratia.org/beta/ >>>> BibDesk-20080128.dmg >>>> >>>> >>>> Unfortunately it doesn't work (fully): The context-menu is properly >>>> de- >>>> populated BUT when chosing the ONLY version of Skim available it >>>> STILL >>>> opens some version from TimeMachine-Backup. >>>> >>>> The screenshot diden't go through, I can send it to you directly if >>>> you are interested and contact me directly (e-mail below). It shows >>>> that the app which BibDesk openedwas the very FIRST Skim-app >>>> saved by >>>> TimeMachine (not the one on my startup-disk). >>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> Rolf >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> Rolf >>>> (MBP 2.3.3 GH 2GB Ram, German OSX 10.5.1) >>>> >>>> Am 28.01.2008 um 21:37 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: >>>> >>>>> Please try the next nightly build to se of this problem is solved. >>>>> We >>>>> will now remove duplicate apps with the same version number. So >>>>> old >>>>> versions in time machine may still show up. >>>>> >>>>> Christiaan >>>>> >>>>> On 27 Jan 2008, at 10:33 PM, Rolf Schmolling wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello! >>>>>> >>>>>> I noticed sth. peculiar: I wanted to check how well any Skim- >>>>>> highlights would show up in Preview (none…) and tried to open the >>>>>> respective attached pdf-file in BibDesk (the new pane) via ctrl.- >>>>>> click >>>>>> and chosing Preview. >>>>>> >>>>>> Unfortunately an (almost) never-ending line of Acrobats…, Skims… >>>>>> and >>>>>> finally Previews… showed up. Chosing the first one later showed >>>>>> that >>>>>> those were all the apps backed up by TimeMachine. If I try to do >>>>>> the >>>>>> same thing in Finder, the ctrl.-click-menu does look normal. >>>>>> Since I >>>>>> plan NOT to switch of indexing my TimeMachine-Backup-volume, any >>>>>> idea >>>>>> what to do about this problem? My own workaround: show in Finder >>>>>> and >>>>>> THEN using the "open by"-menu not withstanding. >>>>>> I am sure my launch-services-databse is ok (otherwise I'd have >>>>>> the >>>>>> same problem in Finder). >>>>>> >>>>>> Greetings, >>>>>> >>>>>> Rolf >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Rolf Schmolling M.A. Historian, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> Berlin.DE >>>>>> http://rolf_schmolling.macbay.de/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> --- >>>>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>>>>> Defy all challenges. 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