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

[Andreas Joss]

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

--- Comment #7 from Andreas Joss <andreasjoss22 at gmail.com> ---
Ahh (In reply to jmot205 from comment #6)
> (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)

Ah fantastic that worked, many thanks. I previously used the right-click > open
with method, which did not work. Just glad your method works.

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