As a regular Mac OS X user, I have a love/hate relationship with the 'Open With' contextual menu. Sometimes, it has just what I need. Other times, it's often packed with unnecessary or duplicate items, or missing the app I want to open the file up with the most. Unfortunately, the 'Open With' right-click menu does not have its own preferences, so there is no one way to fix all of these issues. But with a little work and determination, you can finally get the 'Open With' menu exactly how you want, for every filetype on your Mac. How to Clean Up Duplicate Apps in 'Open With' One of the biggest problems with the 'Open With' menu is duplicate applications. If you're getting app updates from the Mac App Store, this usually will never happen, but if it's an app you installed from outside the Mac App Store, like Spotify or Photoshop, you'll sometimes see multiple instances of each app in the 'Open With' options. Jun 25, 2013 How do I remove the adobe updater from the top bar, check the screenshot MacRumors Forums. Remove Adobe Updator from the bar. Discussion in 'Mac Apps and Mac App Store' started by Yizi, Jun 3. I had 7 icons at one time in. Feb 15, 2011 - The updater is launched by a Mac OS X system service called launchd. Thanks mate, I used a variation of your code to remove all Adobe. In order to get rid of duplicate apps, you'll need to rebuild the Launch Services database, which stores all of the 'Open With' options. Below, you can check out three different methods for doing this. Depending on what you're comfortable with, you can either use Terminal commands, trash a.plist file, or use a third-party app. Method #1: Use Terminal to Clear Duplicates On my Mac, I currently have duplicate Spotify versions showing up whenever I try to open up an MP3 file. Below, you can see the before (with 3 versions of Spotify) and after (with only the latest Spotify version). Open up Terminal and enter the following two commands, each followed by the Enter key. These commands will rebuild the LaunchServices file and will refresh the Finder so that the changes take effect. You might have to wait a minute or two for the first command before killing the Finder, as the database needs time to restructure itself. /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user killall Finder. All of the duplicates that previously appeared in 'Open With' should now be gone. ![]() ![]() If you're not comfortable using Terminal, try out the next method. Method #2: Manually Delete the LaunchServices File One of the easiest ways to clear duplicate apps is by the LaunchServices preference file. Doing so will cause Mac OS X to rebuilt it, choosing only the latest versions of each app. • With Finder open, hold down on the Option key on your keyboard while clicking on Go in the menu bar.
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