Time Machine adds entries to "Open With" Menu

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  1. Celeron, Nov 23, 2007

    Celeron macrumors 6502a

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    Has anyone else noticed this? With my Time Machine drive mounted, my "Open With" menu has multiple listings for some of my apps. For example, if I right click on a .jpg I see the following Quicktime entries:

    quicktime player (7.2.1)
    quicktime player (7.3)

    If I unmount my Time Machine drive, I see only one choice, Quicktime Player, which when I run it, is version 7.3. If I remount the drive and choose Quicktime Player (7.2.1) that's the version I get (checked via the "About" menu).

    The same thing happens with .torrent files and Transmission. My Time Machine drive contains a copy of 0.91 and 0.93. With the Time Machine drive mounted I get two entries, one for 0.91 and one for 0.93.

    I'm not sure what to think of this. Anyone else notice this?
     
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  2. osirisX, Nov 23, 2007

    osirisX macrumors regular

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    OS X is able to access applications on different HFS drives and partitions. Time Machine is on an HFS+ drive and it would have made a backup of the old version Quicktime. The Open With menu is just doing it's job. If it really bugs you, just go into the Time Machine backup and delete older copies of apps. Or, exclude the Applications folder from being backed up.
     
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  3. Celeron, Nov 23, 2007

    Celeron thread starter macrumors 6502a

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    Really? I didn't know this. Good to know.
     
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  4. netnothing, Nov 23, 2007

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    I think Apple should have it NOT scan your TM backups.

    -Kevin
     
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  5. slazareth, Feb 4, 2008

    slazareth macrumors regular

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    Did anyone ever find a solution for this bug? And yes, I think its a bug. Its absolutely annoying that I have 3 versions of every app when I right click > open with. Most of them are named exactly the same so I have no idea which to click.
     
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  6. iCeFuSiOn, Feb 4, 2008

    iCeFuSiOn macrumors 6502a

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    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4364686 seems to have some information on how to resolve this issue.
     
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  7. trainguy77, Feb 4, 2008

    trainguy77 macrumors 68040

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    Yeah it appears rebuilding your launch service database fixes the issue. I don't know if it will appear again though.
     
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