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| From | Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.sys.mac |
| Subject | Re: I need to customise the Open With menu |
| Date | 2020-07-21 18:08 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <hnop9kFqe1iU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 21 Jul 2020 at 17:06:59 BST, "Snit" <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 7/21/20 12:13 AM, Snit wrote:
>> Basil Jet <basil@spamspamspam.com> wrote:
>>> On 20/07/2020 21:35, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>>> Basil Jet <basil@spamspamspam.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'd like the "Open With" menu for mp4 files to include the TV App as one
>>>>> of the options. I don't want to make it the default app for mp4 files. I
>>>>> know that if I select "Other..." I can get to the TV app, but I do this
>>>>> a lot and would like to get at it a bit quicker.
>>>>
>>>> Much easier to put an alias of the app on the desktop,
>>>> and/or in the Toolbar,
>>>
>>> Thanks, but that won't do what I want.
>>>
>>
>> You might be able to create an Automator Action to do it. I can play
>> tomorrow to see if I can make one.
>>
>
> OK, played for a bit. There might be a better way, but this is what I
> came up with, in Automator:
>
> Create a new Quick Action
>
> Set "Workflow receives current [Movies files] in [Any Application]
> (You can set that to be just the Finder)
>
> Add "Run AppleScript" action. In that action paste the following:
>
> -----
> on run {input}
> tell application "TV"
> activate
> open input
> end tell
> end run
> -----
>
>
> And that is it. It will NOT show up in the Open With menu, but it will
> show up at the bottom of the right click menu.
Fancy! That's very neat, thank you.
Cheers - Jaimie
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I need to customise the Open With menu Basil Jet <basil@spamspamspam.com> - 2020-07-20 20:35 +0100
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2020-07-20 22:35 +0200
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Basil Jet <basil@spamspamspam.com> - 2020-07-21 07:51 +0100
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-21 07:13 +0000
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-21 09:06 -0700
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-21 18:08 +0000
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-21 18:21 +0000
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-07-21 20:28 +0100
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-21 13:02 -0700
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-07-22 07:24 +0000
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-21 10:06 +0000
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Basil Jet <basil@spamspamspam.com> - 2020-07-21 11:36 +0100
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2020-07-21 17:17 +0200
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-21 17:39 +0000
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2020-07-21 21:45 +0200
Re: I need to customise the Open With menu Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-21 13:01 -0700
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