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nerdsniperyesterday at 9:51 PM3 repliesview on HN

There is a way to do it, but it’s not the most typical way MacOS users do it for everything else, which involves Right Click->Open With->Other->Always Open With. Xcode’s file associations are super aggressive.

I believe that “Get Info”->”Open With”->”Change All…” still works, and there are command line methods or third party tools.

This has driven me to madness too.


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dwaiteyesterday at 10:54 PM

> Xcode’s file associations are super aggressive.

They are the same Info.plist format as every other MacOS application.

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c-feyesterday at 9:58 PM

select in finder the file that currently opens with XCode, then press Cmd+i. It opens the information panel. There in the Open with section, you can chose the app and then also Change all to not use XCode.

crazygringoyesterday at 9:55 PM

Not something I've ever experienced. Open As... Always works just fine.