How to open .ini files

[Reel Big Austin]

Hey everybody, how do I open a .ini file on my mac?

when I click on it, it just says that there is no default application specified to open the document.

What should I do?

Thanks!

 

[sangosimo]

drag it into a text editor.

 

[Reel Big Austin]

drag it into a text editor.

erm, that didn't do anything. It's not a text document, it's an application.

 

[GGJstudios]

You can edit them with a text editor like TextEdit, but why would you want to? They're Windows files and have no function on a Mac.

 

[kkat69]

erm, that didn't do anything. It's not a text document, it's an application.

*.ini file is just a settings file. It's a text based document and can be opened up in any text editor. *.ini files can also be CREATED from a text editor.

*.ini files are not applications nor were they ever (see here) they are however USED by applications (see note above) to store local information, the OS X equivalent would be a plist or preference list.

 

[WillBeanZ]

Wait but then what do you do after you open it on TextEdit?

 

[Bending Pixels]

.ini files are configuration files used in that inferior OS (Windows).

 

[Jessica Lares]

Wait but then what do you do after you open it on TextEdit?

TextEdit opens files as a rich document by default. You can change that in the preferences. You'd want "Plain Text". It's been YEARS since I used a Windows machine full-time, but I do remember that those used to open in the "Help" app, yes?

 

[CaptainKiller001]

or you could just set the default to text edit, i tried and it actually works and properly updates the file, just make sure you save the file. i used this thread to try to figure out what to do. it didnt help. nothing works except setting the default opener to textedit.