in the past, I used to click an URL to a local file in any application (e.g., TextEdit) and the finder or Path Finder would open.
An example for such an URL is file:///Users/username/Library/Mobile%20Documents/com~apple~Keynote/Documents/hgs%20demo.key
, that points in fact to a file on iCloud.
Now, when I click on such a link from say TextEdit (but also other software like in the notes section of a task in OmniFocus), nothing happens anymore. When I paste it into the URL field of a browser, the file does open however.
Is there a way on macOS to set applications that open certain kinds of URLs?
For example, OmniFocus "knows" / is associated with omnifocus:///...
→ Can I tell the Finder (or Path Finder) to be associated with file:///...
(such that it would open a window with the associated path)? Or how can I re-enforce this association?
Thanks for your help.
Best Answer
You can set file associations with RCDefaultApp(may not work on very new macOS) or the new replacement SwiftDefaultApps but I haven't tested either of these for
file:///
.I thought file links had been disabled in most OSes in recent years as being inherently insecure.