I want to FORCE Mojave Books to open pdf's in my pdf editor, NOT PREVIEW. I have done the old select a pdf+Apple+I, then designate my editor to open all pdf's. DOES NOT work in Mojave.
Anyone know a way?
Anyone know a way?
I want to FORCE Mojave Books to open pdf's in my pdf editor, NOT PREVIEW. I have done the old select a pdf+Apple+I, then designate my editor to open all pdf's. DOES NOT work in Mojave.
Anyone know a way?
[doublepost=1538691504][/doublepost]Sorry, I’m confused. R u saying you got it to work?I just tried reassigning .log to a text editor in the way you describe, changing from the default, Console. Visually, when I select "Open With" it indeed looks like the assignment hasn't worked but when I double click it does open in my selected text editor. The Info dialog does show the correct app assigned also.
I rebuilt launch services. Same behavior. The reassignment works but doesn't show correctly in the menu.
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Sorry, I’m confused. R u saying you got it to work?
I want to FORCE Mojave Books to open pdf's in my pdf editor, NOT PREVIEW. I have done the old select a pdf+Apple+I, then designate my editor to open all pdf's. DOES NOT work in Mojave.
Anyone know a way?
Basically, yes. When I reassign a file type and hit change all in the Info dialog, that filetype does indeed open in the nominated application when open it by double clicking.
The only real weirdness was that the right click -> open in menu didn't correctly reflect that
I believe Mojave will not allow your PDF editor over Preview. This is due to the new security procedures and the way GateKeeper operates in Mojave. You will probably have to go to Recovery, open Terminal, and turn off SIP in order to make changes. Not recommended, however.
It did not work in my Mojave iMac. I did the old select a pdf, Apple+I, assign the editor to open the pdf, then assign all PDFs to open with editor, Close. Does not work here. Double clicking opens Preview every time.
I believe Mojave will not allow your PDF editor over Preview. This is due to the new security procedures and the way GateKeeper operates in Mojave. You will probably have to go to Recovery, open Terminal, and turn off SIP in order to make changes. Not recommended, however.
Ah. Sorry. You might try rebuilding launch services and see if that helps. Before you do this, be aware that it will reset all file associations to the defaults. You can either use an app like Onyx to do that or run the following command in Terminal.
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -v -apps u
It will take a few minutes for file associations to be rebuilt so things like the dropdown in the Info dialog, and the menu in the Open With menu will take a while to display at first. Also, there will be not insignificant CPU usage from the lsd process while it rebuilds.
I was able to reassign PDF files just now and I have, and always have had SIP enabled.
Thank you very very much. Will try that too tonite.
I was able to reassign PDF files just now and I have, and always have had SIP enabled.
Are you running Mojave or High Sierra? The new security changes were put in place in Mojave. Prior to that, you could turn GateKeeper off, however, in Mojave you can not without first turning off SIP.
Right. I wasn't referring to file associations though. It's new downloads that are affected or applications that have not been signed by Apple. Which PDF editor is our OP trying to use instead of Preview?
I just checked. PDFExpert is offered in the Mac App Store so there should be no problem with it being an app which is signed by Apple and approved. IOW, no blocking by GateKeeper. Don't know if this will work but give it a try:
Open System Preferences, Security & Privacy. Select the Privacy tab. On the left, select Full Disk Access. Click on the small lock at the bottom and enter your admin password to open the lock. Click on the small + sign at the bottom and then enter PDFExpert & Books. Click the lock to close it and exit System Preferences. Now, try to change the file association to PDFExpert from Preview. Let us know if that works for you.