[OS X TeX] Tiger Change All Open With

[Alan Curtis]

On Jun 5, 2005, at 7:33 PM, Alan Curtis wrote:

> On 6/5/05, Bob Kerstetter <bkerstetter at mac.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 4, 2005, at 2:16 AM, Michael Gedalin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> For some reason, my Tiger has associated .tex files with Script
>>>> Editor. I can Get Info and change one file's open with to TexShop,
>>>> but when I press the Change All button it reverts to Script Editor.
>>>> Anyone know how to fix this?
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I had similar problems with associating all .tex files with
>>> StuffitExpander. Removal of SE and cleaning caches worked. I put SE
>>> back and everything is ok. May be deep cache cleaning would suffice
>>> for you. I used AppleJack.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Things here seldom get messy, maybe because the machine gets
>> restarted once a week, so it does the "start up disk maintenance"
>> weekly.
>>
>> But when things do get messy, restarting the machine, running these
>> commands from the terminal and then restarting again always cleans up
>> things:
>>
>> rm -rfv ~/Library/Caches/*
>> sudo rm -rfv /Library/Caches/*
>> sudo rm -rfv /System/Library/Caches/*
>> sudo rm -rfv /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
>>
>> For the final three commands you have to be logged into the terminal
>> as an admin. Because I run with a standard account, not an admin
>> account, I must use:
>>
>> su adminaccountname
>>
>> and then enter the password for adminaccountname before doing the
>> sudo commands.
>>
>> Maybe the restarts are not necessary. But clearing the caches appears
>> to clean up problems when they arise, now and then.
>>
>
> I cleaned my caches using both Bob's and Michael's method, but Finder
> still associates .tex files with Script Editor.
>
> I deleted Script Editor and repeated deleting caches. Then Finder
> associated .tex files with TeXShop.
>
> I restored Script Editor from backup. Finder went back to associating
> .tex files with Script Editor again.
>
> I don't want to delete Script Editor permanently, in case I want to
> edit my scripts. I don't want to reinstall Tiger just to update Script
> Editor.
>
> Is there another way I can fix this problem? I seem to recall a
> utility that can edit the Finder file association preferences.
>
> Is it just a coincidence that Script Editor and Stuffit Expander have
> initials S.E.?
>


An update.

Some googling found this thread at macosxhints. It seems the problem  
is caused by something wrong with LaunchServices.

http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=39145

The application X-Ray solved my problem by doing what Get Info in the  
Finder could not. My .tex files are now correctly associated with  
TeXShop.

Alan



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