Re: I need to customise the Open With menu

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: I need to customise the Open With menu
Date	2020-07-21 13:02 -0700
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On 7/21/20 12:28 PM, David_B wrote:
> On 21/07/2020 19:21, Snit wrote:
>> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> No problem. It is not specific to any type of video but will only show up
>> for video files.
>>
>> Did you get it working? If not, and if you want it, I can share the one I
>> made (not locked so you can open in Automator first to check it). Or I 
>> can
>> make a quick video to show exactly how it is done.
>>
>> I love with Macs how you can easily build such things even if you are 
>> not a
>> programmer.
> 
> Thank you for doing that, Snit.
> 
> You are one of the kindest people I know on-line! :-D
> 

Thank you. I wish more interactions were like this... or like the recent 
one where people helped me with Windows speed in a VM.

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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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