duti

macos

Set default applications for document types and URL schemes on macOS. See also: `osascript`.

Examples (6)

Set Safari as the default handler for HTML documents

duti -s com.apple.Safari public.html all

Set VLC as the default viewer for files with `.m4v` extensions

duti -s org.videolan.vlc m4v viewer

Set Finder as the default handler for the ftp:// URL scheme

duti -s com.apple.Finder "ftp"

Display information about the default application for a given extension

duti -x ext

Display the default handler for a given UTI

duti -d uti

Display all handlers of a given UTI

duti -l uti