
We need your help to improve it :)Ĭopyright© 2008-2022 Bandisoft International Inc. This page has not been translated yet or has been machine-translated. Available on Mac with Apple M1 or Intel CPU.Available on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.No other functions are included in the app. This application is meant only to change file associations on macOS. If you don't see the changed icon in the Finder, reboot the system. Download the Default App ChangerĬlick the button below to download the Default App Changer decompress the ZIP file and run the changer. Try double-clicking the archive files to check if the files get opened with Bandizip. Sometimes the icon of archive files may be unchanged to the one from the default app you set as, even after you use the changer. Check the checkbox in front of the extensions you want, and then click the button "Set as the default app for the selected file types" to change file associations. The changer provides a list of filename extensions for archive files. You may use the "Default App Changer" to change file associations at once. To change the default apps for archive files, you have to repeat the process above several times to change file associations with each format manually. From the contextual menu, select Open With. Under it, you will see a dropdown with the default app for opening that particular type of file selected. In the Get Info window of the file, expand the Open With section. Right-click it and select Get Info from the context menu. In a Finder window, right-click (or Ctrl-click) the file whose default launch app you want to change. Open Finder and navigate to the file that you want to set a specific default app for.
#MACOS CHANGE DEFAULT APP HOW TO#
There a wide variety of archive file formats. The following steps show you how to do just that. How to change file associations Easy way to change the default apps for archives on macOS Please visit the link below to learn more about how to change the default apps to open a file with. You can also right-click, Ctrl-click, or two-finger clicking the file and select Get Info. Just click on one of the files and choose File > Get Info from the main menu or use the Cmd+I keyboard shortcut. It’s really easy to change the default application a type of file opens in.
#MACOS CHANGE DEFAULT APP MAC OS#
Due to security reasons, mac OS itself allows its users to change the default applications used for opening a certain file type only by the "Get Info" menu on the Finder. Changing the Default Application for File Types in OS X.
