On Oct 10, 2010, at 3:13 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I installed two different utilities, one called iGetter, (another one I
> forget the name of), and after uninstalling them, I have a lingering problem.
> It seems that Safari (and Firefox) can't seem to understand file links (dmg,
> pdf, etc). When I click on those sort of things, I get a new web page brought
> up, with the file link in the address bar, and an error message in the
> activity bar.
>
> So... is there a preference, hidden or otherwise, which dictates how or what
> handles file downloads? I tried just resetting Safari, but no dice. It almost
> seems like I changed a default, in the same way one can change one's default
> email app, browser, streamer, etc.
I got tired of remembering how to do this for Safari, so I just installed a
third-party System Preference named Default Apps. Click on the URL tab and you
can define any app you want to handle any file suffix you want.
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