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1. #MAC SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN FILE TYPE PDF#
2. #MAC SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN FILE TYPE INSTALL#
3. #MAC SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN FILE TYPE DOWNLOAD#
4. #MAC SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN FILE TYPE MAC#

In the General panel, go to the Applications section.Click the menu button and select Settings. Click the menu button and select Options Preferences. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and select Preferences. This will not affect media embedded in a web page – only links to the files themselves. You can change what action Firefox takes for defined content types.

#MAC SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN FILE TYPE DOWNLOAD#

When you tell Firefox to open or save a file and also check the option "Do this automatically for files like this from now on" in the "What should Firefox do with this file?" prompt, If Firefox does not have a download action set for a file that can be opened with an installed application and you select Always Open Similar Files in the Downloads panel right-click context menu for the downloaded item, ( see below) a new Content Type and Action entry will be added to the General panel Applications section of Firefox settings. (If you use an add-on and you need help with it, you should visit the add-on site or contact the add-on developer directly for support.) (To learn more, see Properly configuring server MIME types at MDN web docs.) You can contact the website in such cases or you can try a Firefox add-on such as Content-Type Fixer to work around the problem. For example, Firefox may display the content as plain text instead of opening the file in an application. Good luck with your troubleshooting.Note: Firefox will not be able to properly handle a file if a misconfigured web server sends it with an incorrect content type.

#MAC SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN FILE TYPE PDF#

Now when I click PDF links, it launches Reader 7.1.0. Then select the "Open it with:" Choose button and find your PDF viewer (i.e. Type "application/pdf" in the MIME type field and "pdf" in the Extension field (not ".pdf"). After installing the add-on, goto Tools->Mime edit… Select Edit tab and choose New Type. Anyway, I solved my problem by downloading the MIME Edit add-on.

#MAC SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN FILE TYPE MAC#

My only choice was Reader 5.0 and there was no "Choose…" button available to press (as 'new mac user too' said above, but he was correct for downloading a Word document for the first time so for some reason things are different for Reader).

But then I upgraded to Reader 7.1.0 PDFs were still being opened in Reader 5.0 and I was unable to choose Reader 7.1.0 in the Firefox "Opening…" dialog box.

#MAC SET DEFAULT PROGRAM TO OPEN FILE TYPE INSTALL#

I had Acrobat Reader 5.0 at the time of the install so when I downloaded any PDF, Firefox opened the PDF in Reader 5.0. I recently installed Firefox 2.0.0.14 on my OSX10.3. To view all plug-ins installed in FireFox and the file type extension associations, type about:plugins in the address field. This is the default action when a plugin is available. – If a plugin exists for a file type, you can select "Use this plugin". – If you want the file to be saved instead of opened, select "Save them on my computer". You will be prompted to select a program. – If you want the file to open with an external program other than the default, select "Open them with this application". – If you want the file to open with the default external program for that file type, select "Open them with the default application" The Change Action button has several options available: Now when I go to a web page that has a mp3 file, Windows Media Player will launch and start playing. In the example below I changed the MP3 Format Sound from Apple Quicktime plug-in to Windows Media Player.Īfter making the change, click OK then Close. To change a File Type Extension, select the file type and click the Change Action… button. In the Options window, select the Content tab and click on the Manage… button (in File Types section). Open FireFox, then from the menu select Tools / Options.