[OS X TeX] .sty files open with & have Aquamacs icon after upgrade to MacTeX 2019

[Murray Eisenberg]

Should execution of that command take a very long time? I executed it (in the form of the revised .sh file) and it’s been running now for over 10 minutes.

> On 5 May2019, at 2:56 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On May 5, 2019, at 1:47 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On May 5, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Since upgrading from MacTeX 2018 to 2019 under macOS Mojave (10.14.4), in Finder all .sty files have the Aquamacs icon and open with Aquamacs, not TeXShop (the latter being what I want to use).
>>> 
>>> I tried the simple supposed solution: select a .sty file in Finder, use Cmd-I, change the "Open with” choice to TeXShop.app (4.27) , click the "Change All” button, and confirm my choice with the Continue button.
>>> 
>>> However, two peculiar things happen now:
>>> 
>>> 	- the “Open with” automatically changes to TeX.mdimporter (1.3); and
>>> 	- the Preview still shows the Aquamacs icon.
>>> 
>>> That .sty file, and others, _will_ now open with TeXShop when double-clicked in Finder, but the Aquamacs icon persists in Finder.
>>> 
>>> Note that the icon for .tex files is the usual, expected one.
>>> 
>>> Of course I’ve looked at Alan Munn’s answer at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/210948/macos-texshop-3-45-icon-issue. However, the file he references there ...
>>> 
>>> 	~/Library/Prefences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
>>> 
>>> … does not exist on my system.
>>> 
>>> Suggestions?
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Use Alan's alternative solution: run
>> 
>> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user 
>> 
>> (all one line) or drag and drop
>> 
>> <FixLaunchServices.sh>
>> 
>> onto a Terminal window and press return. This forces a rebuild of the LaunchServices database.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Sorry that file didn't preserve the execute bit. Unzip
> 
> <FixLaunchServices.sh.zip>
> 
> and follow the directions I gave before.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
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