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Clean up Mac OS X Open With menu
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open_without.sh
#!/bin/bash
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
killall Finder
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Why Mac OS X doesn't do this after updating software I do not know

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What does this do ?

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DonRichards commented Apr 5, 2018 •
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@paul-hammant If your "Open With" menu shows applications that are no longer installed, or shows some of them as duplicates, you can use that Terminal command to rebuild your LaunchServices database

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