How to disassociate a file type with an application in Mac OS
Solution 1:
This is what I did in Parallels Desktop 5.
- Open Application: Parallels Desktop
- Click Menu: Window/Virtual Machine List
- Right Click: Virtual Machine
- Select Pop-up Item: Configure
- Select Tab: Options
- Pick from List: Shared Applications
- Uncheck: Share Windows Applications with Mac OS X
- Optionally uncheck: Share Mac OS X applications with Windows.
I tested it with this command in Terminal:
open -a Firefox http://www.apple.com
Solution 2:
Right-click the file, select Get Info. In the Open with section, change the default application, and optionally click Change All. More info at this tech-recipes article.
