[G4] How to Reset 10.4's Get Info "Open with" Option

[Wilson John]

Try just unmounting the drives (by dragging to trash icon) but leave  
them running. You can then use Disk Utility to re-mount them. John

On Aug 8, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Richard M. Kriss wrote:

> Steve,
>
> Bingo!  You hit the nail right on the head.  I opened the Disk  
> Utility and
> dismounted (un-mounted or whatever) two of the three hard drives in  
> this G4.
> Then tried the Get Info and 'Open with' thing and it worked  
> perfect.  I have
> three hard drives in this machine and that was the problem.  I now  
> need to
> figure out how to keep two shut down until I need them.
>
> Thanks again Steve!
>
> Dick
>
>
> On 8/8/05 1:39 PM, "Steve Goldstein" <sng at cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>> I get it, too.  It does indeed take a bit longer than before, or  
>> so it seems.
>> My "take" in the matter was that it was finding copies of the  
>> applications on
>> other mounted hard drives (because I am a pack rat and never throw  
>> away
>> smaller-capacity drives that I replace, but put them in external  
>> cases
>> instead, I can have as many as four copies of an application that are
>> discoverable).  But, that was only a guess, and I never bothered  
>> to unmount
>> the other drives to check the theory.
>>
>> --Steve
>>
>> At 1:08 PM -0500 8/8/05, Richard M. Kriss wrote:
>>
>>> I have no problems getting the Finder "Get Info" to open;  
>>> however, when I
>>> click on the "Open with" button I get the spinning disc for what  
>>> seems like
>>> forever.  It then presents a long list of all kinds of  
>>> applications with
>>> many dupes. I  have to wait for the whole list to get to show up  
>>> to let me
>>> select another application - the last option.
>>> ...
>>> I don't remember OS 10.3 having this weirdness. Anyone else  
>>> having issues
>>> with the Get Info "Open with" button?