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> #3 is super annoying - but also why can't I bulk edit associations? You can. Right Click -> Open With -> Other... (Always open with checkbox) is for settin

> #3 is super annoying - but also why can't I bulk edit associations? You can. Right Click -> Open With -> Other... (Always open with checkbox) is for setting a particular association for the particular file you right-clicked (maybe you always want this file to open in Sublime, but this other one with the same extension in TextEdit, for some reason, etc). command-I to open the Get Info pane -> expand Open With block -> use dropdown labelled "Use this application to open all documents like this one" -> click Change All... button is the bulk edit flow

radlad 4y ago
That's not really what I mean by "bulk editing." On Windows you can do things like set an application for all media files. Or choose which file types that VLC supports that it should open. On macOS you have to modify every single file type by hand - which also requires a file of that type to operate on. It should be in System Preferences instead.
- Molomby 4y ago
  Select multiple files with different extensions > hold [Control] and right click > Get Summary Info > Open with (select all) > click [Change All...]. The files don't need to be valid, just have the extension you want to associate, so you can do something like `touch _.mp3 _.mp4 _.m4a _.mkv` then select those files and set them all at once.
- belovedmustache 4y ago
  There’s this old school system pref extension that does exactly this. https://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/ https://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/