Are you bored of opening your photos in the default Preview application on Mac ? Got a new photo viewer and want to make it as a default one on your Mac OS X ? Here is the simple tutorial to change the default application for specific file types on your Mac. Normally we use “Open With” option to open a particular file with a different application from the default ones. But next time when you open the same file it will open in the default application.

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In order to completely change the default application for that specific file type follow the steps below.

Step 1: Choose a file that’s the type you want to change. For instance I have selected a JPEG file which uses “Preview” application on Mac OS by default. So I’m going to change the default application for JPEG files from “Preview” to “Skitch“, a simple image editor from Evernote. The first step is right click on that image file and select “Get Info” from that list.

Step 2: Once you did that you will get another window as shown in the screenshot below. In that you have an option called “Open With“. Below that there will be a drop down box, just click that. After you click that you will get a list of applications installed on your Mac which supports that particular file type.

Step 3: Choose the application from the list you want to set as a default one for that particular file type. In this case I’m gonna select “Skitch” as the default application to JPEG files. If you stop with this that particular file alone will open in Skitch. To view all files of that type in Skitch you have to choose one more option on that dialog box.

Step 4: Close that dialog box and click on “Change All” button below. A window will pop up as shown in the screenshot below. Click “continue” to confirm that all the JPEG files on your Mac will use Skitch as its default application. That is all, now the default application will be changed from “Preview” to “Skitch”.

This is how you can change the default application for any type of file on your Mac OS. Try this on your Mac and share your experience with us in the comment box. Thanks for reading and have a great day !

How To Change Which App Opens A File Mac Download

A: (Click here for Windows instructions.)

Mac OS X makes it easy to change file associations, which determine what programs are used to open various file types. You can change the setting for individual files or for all files of a specific file type.

Individual Files

To change what program opens a specific file, you first need to open the file's information window. This can be done by selecting the file and clicking 'Get Info' from the File menu. Or you can simply right-click (Control-click for single button mouse users) on the file and select 'Get Info' from the contextual menu that pops up. The information window should look something like image below:

Notice the section in the middle of the window that says 'Open with.' When you click the drop-down menu, it will show you a list of applications that can open the selected file type. If the file is a Microsoft Word document, the list of programs may look something like this:

Select the program that you would like to open the file and close the information window. When you double-click the document, it will open using the program you selected.

All Files

You can also change what program opens all documents of a certain file type. For example, you may want all Microsoft Word documents to open in AppleWorks. To do this, first select AppleWorks 6 in the drop-down menu, as in the example above. Then, before closing the window, click the button. You will be prompted to confirm the change with an alert window:

Change Which App Opens File Type

Click and all files with a .DOC extension will now open in AppleWorks. Of course, you can change the file associations back to Microsoft Word by selecting Word from the drop-down menu and repeating the same steps.

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Updated: June 14, 2011