[okular] [Bug 503029] Okular MacOS "Open With" not working

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503029

--- Comment #6 from jmot205 at proton.me ---
(In reply to Andreas Joss from comment #5)
> (In reply to jmot205 from comment #4)
> > Saving the following in AppleScript as an app will allow you to set the
> > default pdf application to this new app as a workaround. So that means that
> > we can now open files in a more native way without the right-click menu.
> > 
> > >on open droppedFiles
> > >	repeat with f in droppedFiles
> > >		set filePath to POSIX path of f
> > >		do shell script "/Applications/okular.app/Contents/MacOS/okular " & quoted form of filePath & " >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
> > >	end repeat
> > >end open
> 
> Thanks, I have followed this instruction and I am able to open a PDF using
> the newly created AppleScript app (which opens Okular). But I am unable to
> change the default app for opening PDFs to this AppleScript app. The
> following error message is produced: 
> 
> You can’t change the item “xxx.pdf” to always open in the selected
> application.
> The item is either locked or damaged, or in a folder you don’t have
> permission to modify (error code 13).
> 
> After having read some forums, it seemed the location of the AppleScript app
> could be the culprit (saved by default in iCloud folder). I then copied the
> app to my regular Applications folder, deleted the original, tried again and
> I still get the aforementioned error message.

That's weird; I don't think I did any further steps on my end. My .app is saved
into the /Applications folder as well. FWIW I set it as default via right-click
> Get Info > Open with > select .app > Change All
(as opposed to the right-click > open with ... method)

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