Ken, I have Catalina (10.15.3) running and with me it’s working exactly as described.
Success, Rob. > Op 27 feb. 2020, om 17:08 heeft Ken Springer <[email protected]> het volgende > geschreven: > > On 2/27/20 7:29 AM, Alwyn wrote: >> Thanks for that although the route must have changed with Catalina. > > I don't use Catalina as I have some 32 bit software that I use. > > But I do have a bootable Catalina drive that I just booted into. > > It looks like Apple has removed that feature from System Preferences. Unless > they've moved it somewhere else, but I didn't find anything with a quick web > search. > > Meaning, Apple has removed the more efficient way of setting file > associations. :-( > > I do part time computer tutoring, as I'm retired. So I've been spending a > lot of time learning Windows 10. It seems both Apple and Microsoft is > removing things you can adjust from the GUI that makes the systems easier for > an individual user. > > That being said, I don't know what is possible via Terminal or Command > Line/Powershell. > >> I used >> Finder/Help/entered default, and was directed to 'Choose an app to open a >> file on Mac'. Under "Permanently change the app used to open a file" >> process is: >> 1. On your Mac, click the Finder icon in the Dock to open a Finder window. >> 2. Select the file, then choose File > Get Info. >> You can also Control-click the file, then choose Get Info. >> 3. In the Info window, click the disclosure triangle next to “Open with”. >> 4. Click the pop-up menu, then choose the app. >> I chose Libre Office for a .odt file and likewise for a .ods and the sam >> with .doc, .docx,. xls and .xlsx > > This way of setting the default program goes all the way back to 10.5, > Leopard, in 2009. Possibly further back, as 2009 was when I bought my first > Mac. > > Did you remember to click the Change All button so all .odt files open with > LO, and not just the one file? > > > -- > Ken > MacOS 10.14.6 > Firefox 70.0.1 > Thunderbird 60.8 > "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash > and it's gone!" > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
