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

[Murray Eisenberg]

The shell script did finally finish execution. (I think the delay was due to Spotlight re-indexing, which I found was running.) And cured the anomaly re .sty files.

Thanks.

> On 6 May2019, at 4:05 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On May 6, 2019, at 2:43 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On May 6, 2019, at 2:37 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Murray Eisenberg			murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
>>>>>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101	Home (240)-246-7240
>>>>>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667	Mobile (413)-427-5334
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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)
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Murray Eisenberg			murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
>>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101	Home (240)-246-7240
>>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667	Mobile (413)-427-5334
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> No, it should run rather quickly.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> One more thing... I see nothing in Aquamacs that should force it's icon onto the item. 
> 
> Could you look in ~/Library/Spotlight and /Library/Spotlight to see if you have a TeX.mdimporter there? TeXShop has one built in so it isn't needed outside and can be removed. That might fix up the ``OPen With'' problem.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
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