Oct 10, 2017 - Do you want to use VLC as your default video player? Displays asking if you really want to change all similar documents to open with VLC. Changing the Default Application for File Types in OS X It’s really easy to change the default application a type of file opens in. Just click on one of the files and choose File > Get Info from the main menu or use the Cmd+I keyboard shortcut. You can also right-click, Ctrl-click, or two-finger clicking the file and select “Get Info”. Once that dialog shows up, you can head down the “Open With” section, change it to the application you’d prefer, and then click “Change All”. You should see a prompt verifying you really want to do it, where you’d click “Continue”. That’s pretty much all there is to it. Changing a Specific File to Open in a Different Application If you just want to change that one file, you can bring up the context menu by right-clicking, Control-clicking, or two-finger clicking the file. Choose Open With –> Other. Select the application you want to change it to, and then click the “Always Open With” box. Click “Open” and that individual file will always open with the application you chose in the future. Note: If you’re trying to play a file off a read-only network share, you won’t be able to do this. ![]() You’ll have to copy a file to your Mac’s local storage to make the change, or otherwise you’ll get this error message: And there you go, now you can open your video files in VLC instead of QuickTime. Abg360 for mac sierra. Setup the Right Default Media Player If you own a Mac computer, on default you can play out your music and videos only with iTunes. Many users don’t like it because they need to launch their favorite players each time they want to watch movies or listen to audio files. They would like to change it. Setting default apps on Mac is not as difficult as it may seem. You can try to change the default player Mac to Elmedia Player, a video converter, downloader and player. ![]() You can easily make all adjustments in the system settings allowing Elmedia to launch and playback your media files. Follow these easy steps to change a default media player on Mac to Elmedia Player: • Select a video. You can do this in 2 ways: * Hit the Finder icon on the Dock. In the window that opens choose a file. * Click File in the main menu, select New Finder Window in the drop-down list and select a video.• Right-click the file and choose Open with -> Other in the drop-down menu. • To set default app on Mac you just need to click the application among the available ones and check the box Always Open With. Select Elmedia Player. • Click Open to save the changes. Your video will get launched with Elmedia Player. In the future all other videos will be played out with Elmedia. Elmedia Player is a universal media software that easily reads audio files in MP3, WAV, AAC, AIF, and FLAC as well as video formats like AVI, MOV, MP4, FLV, WMV, etc. With Elmedia Player PRO you get even more possibilities to manage your video and audio content on Mac.
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