add app to "open with"

I don't have an answer to your specific question but another way of doing this is to select one of the files you want to open in notepad. Then right-click on it and select 'Get Info'. In the get info window look for 'open with'. Select your notepad application.

If you want all those file types to be opened with notepad from now on then click the 'Change all" button. Now all those files will open in notepad by default and you would have to right-click it to open it in textEdit or any other app.

Hope that helps.

What is the file extension (if any)? If these are malware samples of any kind (looks very similar) then try adding .zip to it. If it's a MACH-O file then i don't know of an extension.

I think the 'service' plugin is installed by the application itself. Dont know how to create one. If notepad is not a must, try TextWrangler.

I see. I am out of ideas then, someone else will come along that might give you an actual solution. Without an extension OS X can not tie an app to a filetype as without an extension it doesn't know what the filetype is. Your original question would be the best solution indeed. For files like that i keep my preferred application in the dock and i just drop the file(s) on the icon to open it, may be a bit faster than right clicking.

In order to add "Open with Notepad" to your list I would recommend to use the Automator Service.

Open /Applications/Automator.app and select create a new Service:

Set "Service receives selected files or folders in any application":

Then from the Library, select Utilities and double-click Run Shell Script.

Set "Pass input as arguments" and write the following text :

if [ -f "$1" ] ; then

open -a "Notepad" "$1"

fi

Finally Save service as "Open with Notepad"

Now you can right-click and "Open with Notepad" will appear on your list.

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