I'm trying to figure out how to set the default web browser on OS X via command line. I found this forum post, but the solution they are working out there is to open a specific URL with a specific ...

When clicking the 'share' button in iOS Safari (either from the toolbar, or by long-pressing a link), I would like my app to be visible as an "Open in..." option (eg. "Open in News"), so that my ap...

I am trying to implement the registering process that allows my iOS app to show up in the "Open in" list of other applications (as described in Apple's Document Interaction Programming Topics). I w...

This answer says to use LSCopyKindStringForURL(), which has worked great in the past, but it's marked "deprecated" in OS X v10.11. There's no mention in the API documentation of why it was depreca...

Does anyone know of a good way to find (in the filesystem) every app with a given bundle identifier? NSWorkspace and Launch Services let you look for an app by bundle identifier, but only return a ...

I am writing an application that makes use of Uniform Type Identifiers. Specifically, I am calling UTTypeCreateAllIdentifiersForTag() and passing it various MIME types. My hope was that this funct...

I have developed a Mac application using Qt 5.3.2. This application handles files with specific extension (lets say .xyz). I have created an icon file named XYZ.icns and added it to my app bundle ...

In my objective-c program, I need to open a URL in Safari no matter what the system's default browser is. That means that this won't work, because it could launch Firefox or whatever other browser:...

Basic problem I'm looking for a solution to enumerate all applications installed on a (Mac) OS X system, i.e. all application bundles registered with LaunchServices. Simple approach that did not ...

When I learned how to start NSApplications on my own, the code I used (based on here and here) did [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES]; which forces the app to the front at startup. I'd like ...

I have the list of the applications for given file extension (using LSCopyApplicationURLsForURL). I want to change the default file association from code upon selecting one of the applications from...

I'm working on an Cocoa app which is launched/activated using URLs with a custom scheme which is registered in the Info.plist file like so: <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key> <array> &...

Can you dynamically assign CFBundleDocumentTypes to your Cocoa application? Meaning during run time can I assign more extensions for my app to handle. Currently I set some extensions for my app t...