[X Newbies] default attachment file opener

John Wilson wilsonjohn at mac.com
Mon Oct 13 09:27:01 PDT 2003


Hi Patrick. Do a "get info" on one of the attachments and change the 
app using "open with" to choose the app you'd prefer to use. If you 
want to open all doc's with this app, click on the "change all" button. 
John

On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 12:11  PM, J Patrick Draine wrote:

> Some time ago I downloaded Nisus Writer Express' demo. Somehow when it 
> got installed it became the default app to open attachments sent to 
> me. While it's *nice* that NWE has the capability to open various word 
> processing files (though they open like molasses ), it's a royal pain 
> to have the files present as Nisus files -- especially since the demo 
> period expired! In the short run I downloaded the NWE demo again, but 
> I need to know what I must toggle to correct this (I can't find an 
> appropriate icon in System Preferences)! I had this happen before, but 
> forgot what the fix was (and need to do it again)!
> Thanks,
> Patrick Draine
> OS X 10.2.8



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