Always open in PathFinder

Submitted by Tom on Wed, 2008-07-23 20:40
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Hi Robert,

I'm an avid user of PathFinder as a alternative to Finder. As you may know, we PathFinder users are on a constant journey of optimising PathFinder's system integration. Thereby, I stumbled over a somewhat odd behavior in BetterZip.

Whilst most applications tend to call either Finder or PathFinder when using something like a "reveal in Finder" command, BetterZip appears to be randomly using the one or the other. I noticed this when using the "1-Click Extract" option. BetterZip will open either a Finder or PathFinder window afterwards, and I yet have to understand the pattern by which it chooses what application to call.

Therefore, it would be great if you could add an "always open in PathFinder" option to a future release. Since only a small portion of users will actually need this it might as well be a hidden option.

Thomas

‹ Suggestion: Finder contextual menu Process Priority ›
Submitted by Robert on Thu, 2008-07-24 10:58.

Thomas, there are two hidden options which might help you here:

  • MIBRevealingApplication: after extracting files, use this application to reveal them. Try this one first.
  • MIBViewingApplication: if no default application is defined for a file type, this application will be called to handle it instead.

To set any of these options, open Terminal.app and enter these commands, each followed by pressing Enter:

  • defaults write com.macitbetter.betterzip MIBViewingApplication "PathFinder"
  • defaults write com.macitbetter.betterzip MIBRevealingApplication "PathFinder"

To return to the original state enter these commands:

  • defaults delete com.macitbetter.betterzip MIBViewingApplication
  • defaults delete com.macitbetter.betterzip MIBRevealingApplication
Submitted by Tom on Thu, 2008-07-24 15:35.

Cool! Everything appears to be working just fine now. Wouldn't have thought that this option already exists.

Many thanks for the pointer!

Thomas

Submitted by Felipe Augusto Dornelas (not verified) on Wed, 2010-02-24 22:37.

Worked as expected. Thank you!