[OS X TeX] TeXMaker stole my file associations

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Alan Munn wrote:

> Hi, I was taking a look at TeXMaker, just out of curiosity, (not  
> impressed) and now it's decided that it should open all my TeX- 
> related files, which is very annoying. Since there are a lot of tex- 
> related file extensions, I'm wondering if there's a command-line or  
> stand-alone utility way to change a whole bunch of extensions at  
> once, rather than having to find one of each type and manually go  
> through the "Get Info" + "Change for all" route.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Also, is there any way to stop an application from stealing file  
> associations like this?

Did you try:

Select any tex file
Command-I gives you the Info window for that file

A bit more than half way down:

"Open with"

and then

"Use this application to open all documents like this"

And then

"Change All"

Regards
--schremmer