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Snow Leopard Snubs Document Creator Codes

Posted by timothy on from the mind-the-new-mantrap-in-the-living-room dept.

adamengst writes "In this TidBITS article, Matt Neuburg explores how Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard changes how the operating system handles preferred application bindings, dropping support for the creator codes that have been part of the Mac OS from the early days. He also explains how to work around the problem, if you want, for instance, text documents created with BBEdit to open in BBEdit even when TextEdit is the default handler for text files."

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  1. In Soviet Russia.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, applications bind you!

  2. Re:quicktime by larry+bagina · · Score: 2, Funny

    Half the reason to use a Mac is software that's also available for Windows?

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  3. Just Like Windows by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now OS/X works just like Windows. Wow, what an advance.

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  4. Re:Problem? by FooAtWFU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bah, if I want to open a file with something other than the default app, I'll just right-click -> open with, done.

    Whoawhoawhoa, slow down, buddy...... right-click? You're scaring me with your crazy-talk!

    ;)

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