Bug 486275

Summary:	TRASH KID3 MAC OS PROGRAM OVERRIDES SYSTEM DEFAULTS IN SONOMA 14.4.1
Product:	[Applications] kid3	Reporter:	medina.jc
Component:	general	Assignee:	Urs Fleisch <ufleisch>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	major
Priority:	NOR
Version:	3.9.x
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	macOS (DMG)
OS:	macOS
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Description medina.jc 2024-04-29 01:59:40 UTC

BUG: It overrides system settings to be THE ONLY program that can handle media. It will force itself to be the default extension for all media files as the default player. I cant click on media files and have VLC open them, as I want to. This POS program constantly overrides all defaults and centers itself as the media player for everything. 

SUMMARY

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. LITERALLY JUST HAVE THE FUCKIN PROGRAM INSTALLED. 
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OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Urs Fleisch 2024-05-01 16:21:16 UTC

JC Medina, I am sorry for the trouble, you seem to be quite angry. Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce this behavior. I do not have macOS 14.4.1, only 11.2. There, I can select an audio file, Open with..., Other..., select an application (e.g. "Music"), check "Always Open With", and finally click "Open". It will then open with "Music". If I run Kid3 later, it does not change the file association, it is still "Music" which is opened.
If this is some behavior which has changed between macOS 11.2 and 14.4.1, I cannot help. I just can tell you that Kid3 does not overwrite any file associations (I would hate that too). It just provides an Info.plist, you can look at it inside the app bundle, kid3.app/Contents/Info.plist, e.g. using less from the Terminal, there is a CFBundleTypeExtensions array with the file types supported. You could try to edit this file if you think that it is wrong. Afterwards you would have to tell the system to update its file associations, probably using the "defaults" command. Please tell me if you find something to improve, so we can make Kid3 a bit less of a POS program.

Comment 2 Urs Fleisch 2024-09-21 11:31:50 UTC

As I cannot reproduce this (and nobody else has confirmed it), I will close this "report" unless you provide more information.

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2024-10-06 03:47:59 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2024-10-21 03:47:44 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.