I'm working on a MacBook Pro with 10.8.5 (fully patched). I'm trying to add a new platform to OpenSSL's Configure
script (Android, x86):
I right click on Configure
and browse to an text editor (such as TextEdit.app
or TextMate.app
):
When I try to open the file as text for read/write (not execute), I always get an error:
I can execute the same file from the command line, but I can't read it into a text editor from the UI. (This is before I execute xattr -r -d "com.apple.quarantine *
).
Question: Why am I allowed to execute the banned script, but not allowed to open it in a text editor?
For all files I attempt to open through Finder, if I check Always Open With, the setting is not preserved and I have to select an app the next time I try to open the file.
Question: How do make Finder retain the Always Open With setting?
This annoying behavior has been occurring for years. I recall experiencing it back in the OS X 10.6 and OS X 10.7 days.