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jeff k · Mar 20, 2009, 01:04 AM

In Mac 10.4.12
CS4 is default.
http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1hkf.jpg

I want CS3 to be default, but when I change the dropdown it reverts to CS4.

I don't want to uninstall CS4 because I want to keep Bridge. Anyone have any ideas? thanks!
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Spheric Harlot · Mar 20, 2009, 03:04 AM

Click on a Photoshop document in the Finder and "File --> Get Info…" on it.

Change the default application to CS3 there, and tell it to apply that to all documents of this type.

See if that sticks.

jeff k · Mar 20, 2009, 11:52 AM

that was tried repeated a long time ago and does not work,
here is where I am now:

Ok Mark,
Just did what you said. Well first I went into Bridge preference and changed all preferences for jpeg, tiff, and psd to CS3.
Then in bridge opened a tiff and CS4 still launched.
so then I forced quit CS4, and launched CS3 manaully. They opened up a tiff and it opened in CS3.
But when I went to find to try to change all files to open in CS3, CS4 is still listed as default and it wont change.
It like this stubborn Mac thing that wont let CS4 not be the king or something

Curiosity · Mar 21, 2009, 12:07 AM

I wonder if the application "Default Apps" that installs into System Preferences would help? It is supposed to be able to change file associations.

jeff k · Mar 21, 2009, 12:20 PM

Have no idea, I have never heard of it.

Hal Itosis · Mar 21, 2009, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by Curiosity

I wonder if the application "Default Apps" that installs into System Preferences would help?

Originally Posted by jeff k

Have no idea, I have never heard of it.

Link in this post
http://tr.im/hDIm

[reportedly, it didn't do the trick]

gradient · Mar 21, 2009, 03:27 PM

Default Apps is what I use and it works like a charm. It's a preference pane that let's you change the default apps associated with any conceivable grouping of file.

Here's the developer's page:

http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/

jeff k · Mar 21, 2009, 09:50 PM

Gradient. Just tried defualt apps. very excited about it, but it appears it does not work.

I selected CS3 as the default app, it just wont stick. CS4 keep the checkmarks.
tested it with a jpeg on my desktop and the dropdown reverts to CS4 as usual.

Try it . Let me know if I screwed up.

jretzner · Mar 21, 2009, 10:57 PM

I have no idea if this is related, but look into Bridge CS4's Preferences/Startup Scripts and try unchecking the Adobe Bridge CS4 box.

CharlesS · Mar 21, 2009, 11:19 PM

The problem is most likely that LaunchServices is only storing the bundle ID for the default application setting, and as CS3 and CS4 both will have the same bundle ID, being different versions of the same application, it's not going to distinguish between them. I'm not sure that there's any way to fix this, short of using a hack/workaround such as making a droplet app that opens any file dropped on it with CS3 and setting it as the default app, or alternatively just storing CS4 in a disk image, thus making CS3 the only choice to open files when the disk image isn't mounted.

Big Mac · Mar 22, 2009, 12:02 AM

Why would they have the same bundle ID? I don't have both installed, but LaunchServices never has trouble dealing with older and newer versions of the same application, to my knowledge.

CharlesS · Mar 22, 2009, 12:18 PM

Each application has a bundle ID, which is usually the company's web site with the domains backward, followed by the application name. For example, I don't have Photoshop, but I'd expect its bundle ID to be com.adobe.photoshop or something similar to that. You typically don't put the version number into the bundle ID.

I just tried it with a couple of different versions of TextEdit I have around, and it seems like although you can set individual files to open with a specific version of TextEdit and that works, once you hit the "Change All" button it defaults to the latest, which suggests to me that it's storing the bundle ID in the default settings, but not the version number.

Big Mac · Mar 24, 2009, 02:02 AM

Ah, I see.

gradient · Mar 25, 2009, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by jeff k

Gradient. Just tried defualt apps. very excited about it, but it appears it does not work.

I selected CS3 as the default app, it just wont stick. CS4 keep the checkmarks.
tested it with a jpeg on my desktop and the dropdown reverts to CS4 as usual.

Try it . Let me know if I screwed up.

Sorry, it took me a while to get back to this thread. The guys posting above seem to be correct as far as app version numbers.

I don't actually have any Photoshop versions installed on my machine right now to test your specific situation but I do have two versions of EyeTV (v2 and v3). I never tried to change a .eyetv file before, but as a test I decided to and sure enough, it will only let me select EyeTV v.3 as it's default application, it won't let me select the older v.2.

Unfortunate, but you may be stuck with selecting the 'open with...' option every time.