Whenever I open apps like QuickTime and Preview itself, the Open File window keeps popping up. How do I prevent this from happening? Thank you in advance!
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), preview, quicktime
Okay, found it. Either disable iCloud Drive or open its options and disable Preview, TextEdit, QuickTime Player etc.
Okay, found it. Either disable iCloud Drive or open its options and disable Preview, TextEdit, QuickTime Player etc.
I wasn't trying to open any file. Its just opening the app itself, the Open File window automatically shows. Previously, when I open those apps, nothing pops up.
That's because it doesn't know which file you want to view. The only way to prevent this is to open the file and if Preview is not the default, then right-click and from the menu choose Preview. The same is true with TextEdit and many other apps.
Nothing you can do about that Preview open file panel in El Capitan unless you wing it with AppleScript.
Dock : Launchpad : Other : Script Editor.
tell application "Preview" to activate
Click the run > button to see what I mean.
Save as an Application to your Desktop as (e.g. JustPreview).
Substitute Quick Time Player for Preview in the script.
This window still pops up...
FWIW, nothing pops up when I open Preview. TextEdit either.
I should say TextEdit opens with a new blank document.
I have "Close windows when quitting an app" and "Ask to keep changes when closing documents" enabled in System Preferences > General. I don't know if that is the difference.
Same here.
That Open File window is so irritating...
Thank you!!! I just realised I recently activated iCloud Drive.
Ok, this script was run 10 times in a row, and every single time, it removed the open panel from the screen. There simply is no means to prevent the open panel in the first place.
Replace instances of Preview with "QuickTime Player" for that application.
tell application "Preview" to activate
tell application "System Events"
delay 1
tell process "Preview" to click button "Done" of window 1
end tell
return
tell a
You're welcome.
VikingOSX wrote:
There simply is no means to prevent the open panel in the first place.
I think there is. 😎
Prevent app from opening Open File window
