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Were this Windows, there would be a 3rd party app...err application... that would let you change the default launch app. Why not on OSX?

nostrademons 11y ago
Android lets you do that as well. There are loads of third-party launchers for Android; one of my former coworkers made several million selling one of them to Yahoo.
- sirkneeland 11y ago
  Aviate was brilliant. Until Yahoo turned it into a less intelligent Google Now wannabe anyway. Sigh...
PhasmaFelis 11y ago
There's some confusion in the above posts. You can do all that easily in OS X (Apple's desktop OS). It's only iOS (the mobile one) that's locked down.
st3v3r 11y ago
OS X lets you set default apps. I had Chrome set as my default browser for a while.
- jedmeyers 11y ago
  And it even supports handoff from iOS Safari.
- harel 11y ago
  Is that just Safari with a Chrome chrome?
  - y2bd 11y ago
    He's talking about OSX (desktop), where Chrome indeed is the Chrome you'd expect.
    - harel 11y ago
      Of course... Thanks
- readams 11y ago
  Try changing the app that launches when you press play/pause on the Mac keyboard. Go ahead. I'll wait.
  - ryanmarsh 11y ago
    I just had to look down ... and yep there they are. I had no idea these were on my keyboard. Never used 'em.
    - tripzilch 11y ago
      For a long time, me neither. Didn't trust those weird "media keys" and indeed expected them to just pop up some default app I never use. Until I accidentally hit them on Linux and it turned out they do exactly what you'd expect. Now I use them all the time :) In particular the play/pause and volume buttons.
  - Bud 11y ago
    Can do that with any number of keyboard macro apps.
  - amatix 11y ago
    Seems to drive Spotify on my OSX without me doing anything special... ?
    - byroot 11y ago
      Once it's running yes. But if you close Spotify, pressing the play key will start iTunes. It's quite infuriating.
      - dietrichepp 11y ago
        This kind of thing has actually improved over time, though. It used to be (back in 10.6, at least) that the play/pause buttons always affected iTunes, even if you had, say, VLC running. It would just also affect VLC.
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munchbunny 11y ago
In Windows you can change the setting quite easily using a first party settings dialog. Or were you talking about having a 3rd party application as an option in that dialog? Or the part where some applications let you associate the file type when you install the application, or in some cases the settings pages inside the application?
mattmcknight 11y ago
it's more of an iOS thing, OS X is pretty customizable.

nostrademons 11y ago

Android lets you do that as well. There are loads of third-party launchers for Android; one of my former coworkers made several million selling one of them to Yahoo.

sirkneeland 11y ago
Aviate was brilliant. Until Yahoo turned it into a less intelligent Google Now wannabe anyway. Sigh...

PhasmaFelis 11y ago

There's some confusion in the above posts. You can do all that easily in OS X (Apple's desktop OS). It's only iOS (the mobile one) that's locked down.

st3v3r 11y ago

OS X lets you set default apps. I had Chrome set as my default browser for a while.

jedmeyers 11y ago
And it even supports handoff from iOS Safari.
harel 11y ago
Is that just Safari with a Chrome chrome?
- y2bd 11y ago
  He's talking about OSX (desktop), where Chrome indeed is the Chrome you'd expect.
  - harel 11y ago
    Of course... Thanks
readams 11y ago
Try changing the app that launches when you press play/pause on the Mac keyboard. Go ahead. I'll wait.
- ryanmarsh 11y ago
  I just had to look down ... and yep there they are. I had no idea these were on my keyboard. Never used 'em.
  - tripzilch 11y ago
    For a long time, me neither. Didn't trust those weird "media keys" and indeed expected them to just pop up some default app I never use. Until I accidentally hit them on Linux and it turned out they do exactly what you'd expect. Now I use them all the time :) In particular the play/pause and volume buttons.
- Bud 11y ago
  Can do that with any number of keyboard macro apps.
- amatix 11y ago
  Seems to drive Spotify on my OSX without me doing anything special... ?
  - byroot 11y ago
    Once it's running yes. But if you close Spotify, pressing the play key will start iTunes. It's quite infuriating.
    - dietrichepp 11y ago
      This kind of thing has actually improved over time, though. It used to be (back in 10.6, at least) that the play/pause buttons always affected iTunes, even if you had, say, VLC running. It would just also affect VLC.
    - 11y ago

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munchbunny 11y ago

In Windows you can change the setting quite easily using a first party settings dialog. Or were you talking about having a 3rd party application as an option in that dialog? Or the part where some applications let you associate the file type when you install the application, or in some cases the settings pages inside the application?

mattmcknight 11y ago

it's more of an iOS thing, OS X is pretty customizable.