[SammyOne]

Hey guys, I am running Leopard but have Tiger installed on an external drive. When I right-click on a file, the Tiger apps will come up in the "open with" menu. So, if I right-click an mp3, for example, 2 versions of QuickTIme will appear, 2 two versions of iTunes, etc.

Is there any way I can get rid of this without unmounting the drive (I need to be able to drag items it it and stuff)?

[Big Mac]

It's too bad you can't selectively add and delete the apps in the list. Perhaps there's a terminal trick I don't know of to do it.

[idykenano]

This might be helpful:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=33031

[Art Vandelay]

The problem is that as soon as the external drive is browsed again, the "Open with" list will be repopulated with the Tiger apps. Unless there is a way to tell LaunchServices to ignore a volume, you'll be chasing your tail.

[SammyOne]

Thanks for the link, idykenano, but I need something like Art said, that will ignore a volume.

And Art, I'm thinking there must be some way to do it--the apps in Time Machine never show up, for example. It's just a matter of figuring out how.

[B Gallagher]

Oh... I remember having to do this about a year ago when I had about three backups on my external, each of which included my applications folder. If I rememeber, I had to trash a .plist and restart. Can't remember which one though... but I remember finding the answer on here. Will dig around and see if I can find anything.