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# Always Open With in Finder
- URL: https://broddin.be/macos-always-open-with-in-finder/
- Published: 2024-03-06T12:32:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-19T19:04:10.000Z
- Author: Tim Broddin
- Tags: mac, #Migrated-1784487752640, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-19 19:02

I've been using a Mac for almost twenty years now, and one thing that has always annoyed me is changing the default applications that open certain file types.

Changing a default application is a multi-step task:

- Right-click the file
- Select Open With
- Select Other (even when the application you want to make the default is listed there).
- Find the application you want in the Finder window that pops up
- Don't forget to check "Always Open With," or you did all this for nothing.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/07/26/07263624-ccbd-43f7-8802-4e22129ea722/content/images/2026/07/cleanshot-2024-03-06-at-125720-at-2x.png) 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/07/26/07263624-ccbd-43f7-8802-4e22129ea722/content/images/2026/07/cleanshot-2024-03-06-at-125855-at-2x.png) 

I hate this approach. It's so cumbersome, and I've been wishing for Apple to fix this forever. But they don't. So let me show you a much quicker way.

![](https://broddinblog.on-forge.com/storage/196/cleanshot-2024-03-06-at-130218.gif)

You can change the Open With menu item to Always Open With with a key. While the context menu is open, just press Option (**⌥**).