


This provides file-specific control over default applications, meaning you can have a document or two that open in one app, while the overall general file type defaults to open in another application.

If you want to change these default file format associations and have files open in other applications of your choosing, you’ll find there are two simple ways to do this: the first method defines the default application to launch for a specific single file, and the second method will change the application associated with all files of a given format type.ġ: How to Set the Default Application for a Specific File in Mac OS Over time, the default applications and file associations can change as you install more applications, which sometimes set themselves as the new default app to open a file format with.
