Re: [libreoffice-users] Making Libre Office my default for Word & Excel documents

Ken,

I have Catalina (10.15.3) running and with me it’s working exactly as described.

Success,
Rob.

> Op 27 feb. 2020, om 17:08 heeft Ken Springer <snowshed1@q.com> het volgende geschreven:
>
> On 2/27/20 7:29 AM, Alwyn wrote:
> > Thanks for that although the route must have changed with Catalina.  
>
> I don't use Catalina as I have some 32 bit software that I use.
>
> But I do have a bootable Catalina drive that I just booted into.
>
> It looks like Apple has removed that feature from System Preferences. Unless they've moved it 
> somewhere else, but I didn't find anything with a quick web search.
>
> Meaning, Apple has removed the more efficient way of setting file associations.  :-(
>
> I do part time computer tutoring, as I'm retired.  So I've been spending a lot of time learning 
> Windows 10.  It seems both Apple and Microsoft is removing things you can adjust from the GUI 
> that makes the systems easier for an individual user.
>
> That being said, I don't know what is possible via Terminal or Command Line/Powershell.
>
> > I used
> > Finder/Help/entered default, and was directed to 'Choose an app to open a
> > file on Mac'.  Under "Permanently change the app used to open a file"
> > process is:
> > 1. On your Mac, click the Finder icon  in the Dock to open a Finder window.
> > 2. Select the file, then choose File > Get Info.
> >     You can also Control-click the file, then choose Get Info.
> > 3. In the Info window, click the disclosure triangle next to “Open with”.
> > 4. Click the pop-up menu, then choose the app.
> > I chose Libre Office for a .odt file and likewise for a .ods and the sam
> > with .doc, .docx,. xls and .xlsx
>
> This way of setting the default program goes all the way back to 10.5, Leopard, in 2009.  
> Possibly further back, as 2009 was when I bought my first Mac.
>
> Did you remember to click the Change All button so all .odt files open with LO, and not just the 
> one file?
>
>
> -- 
> Ken
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