#3 is super annoying - but also why can't I bulk edit associations?
Parallels decided to install Windows Media Player as my media player for all music and video file types on macOS and I want to reset all of them to VLC.
Parallels decided to install Windows Media Player as my media player for all music and video file types on macOS and I want to reset all of them to VLC.
You can.
Right Click -> Open With -> Other... (Always open with checkbox)
is for setting a particular association for the particular file you right-clicked (maybe you always want this file to open in Sublime, but this other one with the same extension in TextEdit, for some reason, etc).
command-I to open the Get Info pane -> expand Open With block -> use dropdown labelled "Use this application to open all documents like this one" -> click Change All... button
is the bulk edit flow
On Windows you can do things like set an application for all media files. Or choose which file types that VLC supports that it should open.
On macOS you have to modify every single file type by hand - which also requires a file of that type to operate on. It should be in System Preferences instead.
The files don't need to be valid, just have the extension you want to associate, so you can do something like `touch _.mp3 _.mp4 _.m4a _.mkv` then select those files and set them all at once.