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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1909150" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>For the pdf files, if you want to use Adobe instead of Preview (it's entirely up to you, Preview is fully capable, but if you already have Adobe...) fine a pdf file and right click on it to bring up a menu. One of the items will be Get Info. Click on that and a long skinny window will open with details of the file. At the bottom is an icon of a lock. Click that and enter an admin password (probably your own will do). Then about half way down in that window is a prompt for "Open with" and a selection box. Click the box for alternatives and select the app you want to open the pdf. Right below is "Change all" which you can click to have the system set what you have selected as the default for ALL pdf files. Give it a few seconds to run, then you can close the Get Info window and now you should be able to click or double-click on a file with pdf and it opens in that selected app.</p><p></p><p>This same process can be used for any and all type files, to associate them with an app of your choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1909150, member: 396914"] For the pdf files, if you want to use Adobe instead of Preview (it's entirely up to you, Preview is fully capable, but if you already have Adobe...) fine a pdf file and right click on it to bring up a menu. One of the items will be Get Info. Click on that and a long skinny window will open with details of the file. At the bottom is an icon of a lock. Click that and enter an admin password (probably your own will do). Then about half way down in that window is a prompt for "Open with" and a selection box. Click the box for alternatives and select the app you want to open the pdf. Right below is "Change all" which you can click to have the system set what you have selected as the default for ALL pdf files. Give it a few seconds to run, then you can close the Get Info window and now you should be able to click or double-click on a file with pdf and it opens in that selected app. This same process can be used for any and all type files, to associate them with an app of your choice. [/QUOTE]
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