Q: "open with" results in dupicate apps
When I select a document and mouse over "Open with' all the apps that can open that document show up fine but there at least four of each app listed. Sometimes it take 5 or 10 seconds because the list is so long. How can I remedy this?
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.2)
Posted on May 17, 2013 3:05 PM
Hi,
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions...
Reset Launch Services...
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/resetlaunchservices.html#Anchor-Reset-47857
Reboot.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030730161311391&query=info.plist
Posted on May 17, 2013 11:39 PM