Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain text files

Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by lorrin on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @06:11PM (#4231746)

Anyone know how to control what the Open with button offers? E.g. it's offering "Open with Sublime Text 2" and I'd rather have an Open with MacVim.

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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by rover on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @07:30PM (#4232026)

It's pretty simple and managed by OSX.

- Select a filetype you'd want to change the default application for and open the File Info (Cmd+I) - In the "Open with" section, select the app you want to be the default app for the filetype - To persist the default app along the whole filetype, also click the "Change All" button right below it.

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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by Watabou on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @08:02PM (#4232136)

You can also hold down the open button and a list of alternate applications that can be used to open the document drops down. Pretty handy.

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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by jaylevitt on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @10:25PM (#4232616)

I bet RCDefaultApp will work:

http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/

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Re:Use OSX Finder Quicklook (Spacebar) to preview all plain ... by thought_alarm on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @07:04PM (#4231923)

That's up to the application. You can crack open the app packages for Sublime Text and MacVim and see how their Info.plist files differ. It's also worth looking at the Info.plist for TextEdit, which has a catch-all for all non-executable files.

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