[OS X TeX] Icons for .tex files became generic doc type

[Gary L. Gray]

On Sep 7, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Under OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), after I just updated several TeX front ends, including TeXStudio, the app for opening .tex files changed to TeXStudio and the icon for all .tex files changed to that for TeXStudio.
> 
> I used Cmd-I (Get Info) to change the app back to TeXShop for a particular .tex file and to apply that for opening all documents "like this one", i.e., tex files. But still the icon for .tex files remained that for TeXStudio.
> 
> Next, I uninstalled TeXStudio and re-installed TeXShop and made sure .tex files open with TeXShop.
> 
> Now I have the generic document type icon (a page labeled "TEX" at the bottom). And when I do Get Information (Cmd-I), in the panel giving the file's information, there's no icon whatsoever.
> 
> How do I get the TeXShop icon back for .tex files?

You might get them back by rebuilding the launch services database. You can use something like Onyx, which is free.

http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php

For me, rebuilding the launch services database does not work and my .tex icons are forever generic white documents. Thus, ymmv.

Gary