Do the duplicate apps actually exist somewhere? That is, if you choose 2.5.6, then go to the Dock and do a Show in Finder, does it actually show that app hiding somewhere?
If so, just delete it. If not, try reindexing your Spotlight index. > On Jun 23, 2020, at 12:59 AM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi: > > For some reason the "open with…” menu has several items which are new > versions of the same app. > > Eg Open with: > > PDF Expert( 2.5.6) > PDF Expert( 2.5.7) > PDF Expert( 2.5.8) > > There’s a couple of others in the same vein, but you get the idea. > > I’ve tried deleting: ~/library/preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.prefs > but this is > > replaced on restart with one labelled: > com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV2 > > There is also a folder: com.apple.LaunchServices which contains: > com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist Opening this with BBEdit shows only > a single pdfexpert with no version numbers and similarly for the others. > > `I’ve also tried rebuilding the launch services database which doesn’t solve > the problem. > > Can someone tell me how I can remove what are effectively duplicates, from > the menu. > > Chris Walker > > Catalina 10.15.5 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
