How to associate MIME type with a handler in OS X?
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It's not clear what you're talking about. Add a new MIME type so that what happens exactly?
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So that it's handled by some application, see my answer @DavidSchwartz
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How can one add a new MIME type in OS X?
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asked May 8 '12 at 1:16
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It's not clear what you're talking about. Add a new MIME type so that what happens exactly?
– David Schwartz
May 8 '12 at 2:12
So that it's handled by some application, see my answer @DavidSchwartz
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 6:59
add a comment |
It's not clear what you're talking about. Add a new MIME type so that what happens exactly?
– David Schwartz
May 8 '12 at 2:12
So that it's handled by some application, see my answer @DavidSchwartz
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 6:59
It's not clear what you're talking about. Add a new MIME type so that what happens exactly?
– David Schwartz
May 8 '12 at 2:12
It's not clear what you're talking about. Add a new MIME type so that what happens exactly?
– David Schwartz
May 8 '12 at 2:12
So that it's handled by some application, see my answer @DavidSchwartz
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 6:59
So that it's handled by some application, see my answer @DavidSchwartz
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The easiest would be to download and install RCDefaultApp. Go to System Preferences » Default Apps, then the MIME Types tab.
Enter your new MIME type in the text box below, press the + button, and select your handler.
Via command line, you need to edit the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist preference list. In its array of LSHandlers, you need to insert a Dictionary containing your new MIME type as:
LSHandlerContentTag– the MIME type
LSHandlerContentTagClass, which ispublic.mime-type
LSHandlerRoleAll, which specifies the Bundle ID of the application that handles it, e.g.org.videolan.vlc. You find out the bundle ID by inspecting the.appfolder and theInfo.plistpreference list therein.
answered May 8 '12 at 6:58
slhck
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Is there a way to do the same from the command line? Possibly by editingmime.types?
– JAM
May 8 '12 at 13:38
See my updated answer. Are you talking aboutapache2/mime.types? Not sure if you're supposed to edit that. Can you elaborate a bit why you need to edit it? What's your context? Without context, it's hard to help you.
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 14:59
Awesome answer... Wondering if you were aware of which apps might add in this way? I see none in myLSHandlersthat use this format.... Is that becauseLSHandlerContentType(with values like "public.css" instead of "text/css") is preferred for this? ( apple.stackexchange.com/a/9883/206073 seems to suggest such a preference, at least in the case of comparingLSHandlerContentTypeto the "public.filename-extension"LSHandlerContentTagClass)
– Brett Zamir
Jun 20 at 4:50
Latter question now asked at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/328325/…
– Brett Zamir
Jun 21 at 2:12
1
@BrettZamir Good question – that's beyond my knowledge. It could also be that the default has been changed in the meantime (my answer is from 2012).
– slhck
Jun 21 at 5:33
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To view mime-type of a file in terminal:
file --mime-type -b file-name
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2 Answers
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The easiest would be to download and install RCDefaultApp. Go to System Preferences » Default Apps, then the MIME Types tab.
Enter your new MIME type in the text box below, press the + button, and select your handler.
Via command line, you need to edit the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist preference list. In its array of LSHandlers, you need to insert a Dictionary containing your new MIME type as:
LSHandlerContentTag– the MIME type
LSHandlerContentTagClass, which ispublic.mime-type
LSHandlerRoleAll, which specifies the Bundle ID of the application that handles it, e.g.org.videolan.vlc. You find out the bundle ID by inspecting the.appfolder and theInfo.plistpreference list therein.
answered May 8 '12 at 6:58
slhck
157k46434461
Is there a way to do the same from the command line? Possibly by editingmime.types?
– JAM
May 8 '12 at 13:38
See my updated answer. Are you talking aboutapache2/mime.types? Not sure if you're supposed to edit that. Can you elaborate a bit why you need to edit it? What's your context? Without context, it's hard to help you.
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 14:59
Awesome answer... Wondering if you were aware of which apps might add in this way? I see none in myLSHandlersthat use this format.... Is that becauseLSHandlerContentType(with values like "public.css" instead of "text/css") is preferred for this? ( apple.stackexchange.com/a/9883/206073 seems to suggest such a preference, at least in the case of comparingLSHandlerContentTypeto the "public.filename-extension"LSHandlerContentTagClass)
– Brett Zamir
Jun 20 at 4:50
Latter question now asked at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/328325/…
– Brett Zamir
Jun 21 at 2:12
1
@BrettZamir Good question – that's beyond my knowledge. It could also be that the default has been changed in the meantime (my answer is from 2012).
– slhck
Jun 21 at 5:33
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
The easiest would be to download and install RCDefaultApp. Go to System Preferences » Default Apps, then the MIME Types tab.
Enter your new MIME type in the text box below, press the + button, and select your handler.
Via command line, you need to edit the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist preference list. In its array of LSHandlers, you need to insert a Dictionary containing your new MIME type as:
LSHandlerContentTag– the MIME type
LSHandlerContentTagClass, which ispublic.mime-type
LSHandlerRoleAll, which specifies the Bundle ID of the application that handles it, e.g.org.videolan.vlc. You find out the bundle ID by inspecting the.appfolder and theInfo.plistpreference list therein.
answered May 8 '12 at 6:58
slhck
157k46434461
Is there a way to do the same from the command line? Possibly by editingmime.types?
– JAM
May 8 '12 at 13:38
See my updated answer. Are you talking aboutapache2/mime.types? Not sure if you're supposed to edit that. Can you elaborate a bit why you need to edit it? What's your context? Without context, it's hard to help you.
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 14:59
Awesome answer... Wondering if you were aware of which apps might add in this way? I see none in myLSHandlersthat use this format.... Is that becauseLSHandlerContentType(with values like "public.css" instead of "text/css") is preferred for this? ( apple.stackexchange.com/a/9883/206073 seems to suggest such a preference, at least in the case of comparingLSHandlerContentTypeto the "public.filename-extension"LSHandlerContentTagClass)
– Brett Zamir
Jun 20 at 4:50
Latter question now asked at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/328325/…
– Brett Zamir
Jun 21 at 2:12
1
@BrettZamir Good question – that's beyond my knowledge. It could also be that the default has been changed in the meantime (my answer is from 2012).
– slhck
Jun 21 at 5:33
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
down vote
The easiest would be to download and install RCDefaultApp. Go to System Preferences » Default Apps, then the MIME Types tab.
Enter your new MIME type in the text box below, press the + button, and select your handler.
Via command line, you need to edit the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist preference list. In its array of LSHandlers, you need to insert a Dictionary containing your new MIME type as:
LSHandlerContentTag– the MIME type
LSHandlerContentTagClass, which ispublic.mime-type
LSHandlerRoleAll, which specifies the Bundle ID of the application that handles it, e.g.org.videolan.vlc. You find out the bundle ID by inspecting the.appfolder and theInfo.plistpreference list therein.
answered May 8 '12 at 6:58
slhck
157k46434461
The easiest would be to download and install RCDefaultApp. Go to System Preferences » Default Apps, then the MIME Types tab.
Enter your new MIME type in the text box below, press the + button, and select your handler.
Via command line, you need to edit the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist preference list. In its array of LSHandlers, you need to insert a Dictionary containing your new MIME type as:
LSHandlerContentTag– the MIME type
LSHandlerContentTagClass, which ispublic.mime-type
LSHandlerRoleAll, which specifies the Bundle ID of the application that handles it, e.g.org.videolan.vlc. You find out the bundle ID by inspecting the.appfolder and theInfo.plistpreference list therein.
answered May 8 '12 at 6:58
slhck
157k46434461
edited May 8 '12 at 14:57
answered May 8 '12 at 6:58
slhck
157k46434461
answered May 8 '12 at 6:58
slhck
157k46434461
answered May 8 '12 at 6:58
slhck
157k46434461
157k46434461
Is there a way to do the same from the command line? Possibly by editingmime.types?
– JAM
May 8 '12 at 13:38
See my updated answer. Are you talking aboutapache2/mime.types? Not sure if you're supposed to edit that. Can you elaborate a bit why you need to edit it? What's your context? Without context, it's hard to help you.
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 14:59
Awesome answer... Wondering if you were aware of which apps might add in this way? I see none in myLSHandlersthat use this format.... Is that becauseLSHandlerContentType(with values like "public.css" instead of "text/css") is preferred for this? ( apple.stackexchange.com/a/9883/206073 seems to suggest such a preference, at least in the case of comparingLSHandlerContentTypeto the "public.filename-extension"LSHandlerContentTagClass)
– Brett Zamir
Jun 20 at 4:50
Latter question now asked at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/328325/…
– Brett Zamir
Jun 21 at 2:12
1
@BrettZamir Good question – that's beyond my knowledge. It could also be that the default has been changed in the meantime (my answer is from 2012).
– slhck
Jun 21 at 5:33
add a comment |
Is there a way to do the same from the command line? Possibly by editingmime.types?
– JAM
May 8 '12 at 13:38
See my updated answer. Are you talking aboutapache2/mime.types? Not sure if you're supposed to edit that. Can you elaborate a bit why you need to edit it? What's your context? Without context, it's hard to help you.
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 14:59
Awesome answer... Wondering if you were aware of which apps might add in this way? I see none in myLSHandlersthat use this format.... Is that becauseLSHandlerContentType(with values like "public.css" instead of "text/css") is preferred for this? ( apple.stackexchange.com/a/9883/206073 seems to suggest such a preference, at least in the case of comparingLSHandlerContentTypeto the "public.filename-extension"LSHandlerContentTagClass)
– Brett Zamir
Jun 20 at 4:50
Latter question now asked at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/328325/…
– Brett Zamir
Jun 21 at 2:12
1
@BrettZamir Good question – that's beyond my knowledge. It could also be that the default has been changed in the meantime (my answer is from 2012).
– slhck
Jun 21 at 5:33
Is there a way to do the same from the command line? Possibly by editing
mime.types?– JAM
May 8 '12 at 13:38
Is there a way to do the same from the command line? Possibly by editing
mime.types?– JAM
May 8 '12 at 13:38
See my updated answer. Are you talking about
apache2/mime.types? Not sure if you're supposed to edit that. Can you elaborate a bit why you need to edit it? What's your context? Without context, it's hard to help you.– slhck
May 8 '12 at 14:59
See my updated answer. Are you talking about
apache2/mime.types? Not sure if you're supposed to edit that. Can you elaborate a bit why you need to edit it? What's your context? Without context, it's hard to help you.– slhck
May 8 '12 at 14:59
Awesome answer... Wondering if you were aware of which apps might add in this way? I see none in my
LSHandlers that use this format.... Is that because LSHandlerContentType (with values like "public.css" instead of "text/css") is preferred for this? ( apple.stackexchange.com/a/9883/206073 seems to suggest such a preference, at least in the case of comparing LSHandlerContentType to the "public.filename-extension" LSHandlerContentTagClass)– Brett Zamir
Jun 20 at 4:50
Awesome answer... Wondering if you were aware of which apps might add in this way? I see none in my
LSHandlers that use this format.... Is that because LSHandlerContentType (with values like "public.css" instead of "text/css") is preferred for this? ( apple.stackexchange.com/a/9883/206073 seems to suggest such a preference, at least in the case of comparing LSHandlerContentType to the "public.filename-extension" LSHandlerContentTagClass)– Brett Zamir
Jun 20 at 4:50
Latter question now asked at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/328325/…
– Brett Zamir
Jun 21 at 2:12
Latter question now asked at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/328325/…
– Brett Zamir
Jun 21 at 2:12
1
1
@BrettZamir Good question – that's beyond my knowledge. It could also be that the default has been changed in the meantime (my answer is from 2012).
– slhck
Jun 21 at 5:33
@BrettZamir Good question – that's beyond my knowledge. It could also be that the default has been changed in the meantime (my answer is from 2012).
– slhck
Jun 21 at 5:33
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To view mime-type of a file in terminal:
file --mime-type -b file-name
answered Nov 14 at 13:22
Mostafiz Rahman
1093
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To view mime-type of a file in terminal:
file --mime-type -b file-name
answered Nov 14 at 13:22
Mostafiz Rahman
1093
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To view mime-type of a file in terminal:
file --mime-type -b file-name
answered Nov 14 at 13:22
Mostafiz Rahman
1093
To view mime-type of a file in terminal:
file --mime-type -b file-name
answered Nov 14 at 13:22
Mostafiz Rahman
1093
answered Nov 14 at 13:22
Mostafiz Rahman
1093
answered Nov 14 at 13:22
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answered Nov 14 at 13:22
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It's not clear what you're talking about. Add a new MIME type so that what happens exactly?
– David Schwartz
May 8 '12 at 2:12
So that it's handled by some application, see my answer @DavidSchwartz
– slhck
May 8 '12 at 6:59