Mucked up .plist files

[Dan Frakes]

On 2/12/03 6:45 AM, "Rob Tyser" <tyser.robi at uwlax.edu> wrote:
> After installing Omnioutliner, the "Kind" description for virtually all
> of my .plist files is listed as "OOPlaylistDocumentType."  Thus,
> double-clicking on any of these files will open them up in
> Omnioutliner!!  I believe the default "kind" should be listed as
> "Document" with no associated application.
> 
> This has happened on 2 computers.  It doesn't seem to cause any
> problems, and if I delete Omnioutliner, the "kind" is listed as
> "Document."  But this problem reappears as soon as I reinstall OO.
> 
> Can anyone explain this weird behavior and how to correct it?

It's pretty common on OS X for this to happen with files that don't
"officially" have an application associated with them, but it's not really a
big deal. It doesn't affect the functionality of .plist files at all.

.plist files generally have a default "Open with" application of Property
List Editor, but PLE is only installed with the Developer Tools. If it
really bothers you, Get Info on one of them, expand the "Open with" panel,
and assign it to whatever app you *want* the file to open with. Then click
the Change All... button.


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