I a new to mac. I am trying to open a ".config" file but I get this error message: "There is no default application specified to open the document xxxx". Normally, on a Windows, I would just force open it with notepad as it conly contain text. How do I do the same with a Mac?
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Notepad equivalent on a Mac?
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Click the file once so it's highlighted, and either press Command + I or go to the File menu and select Get Info. From the Get Info window, below the Open With pop-down list choose, TextEdit. Below Use this application to open all documents like this. click Change All...
You shouldn't have to change the extension to open it with Textedit. If it's a config file you shouldn't do that anyways.
Thanks, I got it open by using Textedit without changing extensions.
I have few more questions:
With the search on the upper right corner, after I find my filed, how do I get it to show up at the location the file is in? I can't even right click the file.
Is there a "My computer" for Mac? The finder feels like just a regular windows, especially sometimes it won't even show all my drives. I have to close all finders and restart it.
I have few more questions:
With the search on the upper right corner, after I find my filed, how do I get it to show up at the location the file is in? I can't even right click the file.
Is there a "My computer" for Mac? The finder feels like just a regular windows, especially sometimes it won't even show all my drives. I have to close all finders and restart it.
Select the file and press CMD+ENTER to open up a Finder window with the folder the file resides in.
Finder is "like" Windows Explorer, several Finder windows are just windows, not Finders.
Have a look at the Preferences in Finder and see what it says UNDER GENERAL AND SIDEBAR.
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