Correction: it does seem to be a problem with Apple because I just checked: from context-menu it opens a version from TimeMachine-backup.
Will send feedback to Apple. 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] >>>> http://rolf_schmolling.macbay.de/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> -- >>>> --- >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>>> Defy all challenges. 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