Change Default Program For Pdfs Mac

Q: How do I make PDF Studio my default PDF viewer application in such a way that PDF files always open with PDF Studio when double-click on them?
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How to change the default Mac app for specific file types. Right-click on a file that uses the file type you'd like to change the default for. Click on Get Info in the pop-up. Click Open With if the section isn't already expanded. Click the dropdown and choose an app. Click Change All. Click Continue when the Finder asks you if you're sure.

The Mac opens data files (pics, sounds, docs) in applications automatically, but you can change which apps they use in a few simple steps. Change the Default Application a File Opens With on Your Mac. By default Mac OS X has Preview the built in PDF reader open and render all PDFs. This can be changed with a few simple steps. 1.) Find a PDF file.

A: Depending on your operating system, follow the steps below to change the default file association to point to PDF Studio application for PDF files:
Change Default Program For Pdfs MacWindows
  1. Right-click on a PDF file.
  2. In the mouse menu, choose “Open With”.
  3. Choose “Choose default program…” in the sub-menu (last entry).
  4. A dialog opens.
  5. Select PDF Studio in the Recommended Programs list or Click “Browse” to navigate PDF Studio (C:Program FilesPDFStudiopdfstudio.exe) if PDF Studio is not showing in the list.
  6. Check the box “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file”
  7. Click OK to close the dialog.

Mac:

  1. In Finder, select any PDF file.
  2. Go to “File” and “Get Info” in the Mac OS X menu bar.
  3. Expand the “Open With” section and you will see a drop-down list with the current default selected
  4. Click on the drop-down list and select PDF Studio.
  5. Click “Change All” and then “Continue”.

Linux (Ubuntu):

  1. Right-click on a PDF File.
  2. Select “Properties”.
  3. Go to the tab “Open With” and choose PDF Studio 2018.

If PDF Studio 8 does not show up in the list, open a Terminal window and follow the steps below.

  • cd ~/.local/share/applications
  • gedit pdfstudio2018.desktop (this will open the file in gedit). Depending on the installer you used the file may be called pdfstudio2018-x.desktop with a version number.
  • Look for the line that starts with “Exec=” and add %f at the end of the line.For instance if the line reads:
    Exec=/bin/sh “/home/john/pdfstudio2018/pdfstudio2018″
    Change it to:
    Exec=/bin/sh “/home/john/pdfstudio2018/pdfstudio2018″ %f
  • Save the file
  • After that, PDF Studio 2018 should show as an option under “Open With” in step 3) above.
  • As a root user, open “default.list” file under “/usr/share/applications”
  • Change “application/pdf=evince.desktop” to “application/pdf=pdfstudio2018.desktop”
  • Restart computer to apply changes.
If the above steps do not work, try the steps in this AskUbuntu answer.

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  1. To begin with, you need to save the target Outlook attachments to local. Just right click on the Outlook attachments and select “Save as” from the context menu. In the new window of “Save Attachment”, you can choose a preferred location to store this file and assign a new name to it. Finally click “Save” button.
  2. Then close Outlook and find the attachment file in the set location. Right click on it and select “Open with” from the right click menu.
  3. Next a new window will show up, in which you can select one program from the “Other Program” list or click “Browse” button at the lower right corner to choose your desired program.
  4. After choosing the program, don’t forget to select the option “Always the selected program to open this kind of file”. Selecting it means changing the default program.
  5. Finally click “OK”
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The above method is the fastest one. But the prerequisite is that you need to save the Outlook attachments to local disk at first. If you don’t want to save it to local, you can utilize the second method, namely change default programs in Control Panel.

Change the Default Programs in Control Panel

  1. At the very outset, close Outlook application and turn to Start Menu.
  2. Then access to “Control Panel”. In the new popup window, select “Programs” item.
  3. In the subsequent screen, you can click on “Default Programs”.
  4. Next click “Associate a file type or protocol with a program” link. It will turn to another window.
  5. After a few seconds, all associations between file types with programs will show up. You can select the target file type, such as “.xls” and then click “Change program” button.
  6. The following window is still “Open with” window, in which you can select directly or utilize “Browse” to select.
  7. After selecting, click “Close” directly.
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