Hi Allison, You can change the default app used to open a given type of file by selecting a file and using "Get Info" window via the Command-I keyboard shortcut. Here's how it would work for the example you gave of switching from Amadeus Pro to iTunes as the default player for m4a files.
1. Select a file with .m4a extension in Finder. If you have many of these already in your iTunes library, an easy way to do this is to browse your iTunes music library and select an AAC track that you may have ripped from CD in the songs table, and use the "Show in FInder" keyboard shortcut of Command-Shift-R. (I guess that they now call this "Reveal in Finder" to make the acronym fit). This will bring up a Finder window for the folder containing your track, with your track selected. 2. Press Command-I in Finder to bring up the "Get Info" window for the track. 3. Use item chooser menu (VO-I) to navigate to the "Open with" option. (VoiceOver should say "Open with, expanded disclosure triangle"; if for some reason the entry is not expanded, use VO-Space to expand it). Then navigate with VO-Right arrow to the pop up menu button. 4. VO-Space on the pop up menu button and change the selection from "Amadeus Pro" to "itunes" 5. To make your new setting the default application for all files of this type, Navigate with VO-Right arrow to the option to "Use this application to open all documents like this one." followed by a "Change All" button that you can press (VO-Space) before closing the get info window with Command-W. This works quite generally for changing the default app to open a class of files. People who don't want to use iTunes as a player can choose an mp3 file and use the same procedure to change the default application to VLC, Cog, QuickTime Player, or other music player of their choice. The usual reason new users want to do this is to avoid having iTunes add tracks (again) to the iTunes library when they play a track from Finder. But the solution to that is to QuickLook the files by pressing Space bar to start the file playing. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Oct 3, 2011, at 09:58, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi all, > > I hope you are doing well. I've been reading the posts for a while, but > everyone knows so much more than I do. I don't feel worthy to chime in :)! > Does anyone know how to make Itunes the default player for m4a files? Somehow > when I upgraded to Lion, Amadeus Pro is set as the default player. I can make > the files play in Itunes by interacting with them and then pressing VO shift > M and select open with Itunes. Is there an easier way to do this? Any > assistance would be grately appreciated. Thank you in advance. > > Allison > > My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
