At 03:47 PM 9/30/06 -0400, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>It's just a little smarter about it than Windows -- it knows which  
>applications can open which file types. If I change the file  
>extension of a Finale document to ".doc", it will still open in  
>Finale, not Word. If I change the file extension to ".pdf" it will  
>still open in Finale, not Acrobat or Preview. And if I change the  
>extension to ".bak", it will still open in Finale.

Does that mean you cannot force another app to open any file on Mac? Or is
the 'sticky' association more of a convenience?

I often clone copies and then change file extensions to force another
program to open it. It's very handy for quick changes of a file as 'text',
looking at seemingly broken files that arrived via email, grabbing internal
content for another purpose, or opening a different kind of file into a
sound editor or graphics editor. Great for source material.

And I added "Notepad" to my context menu to peek at any file. Just in case. :)

Dennis




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