Open arbitary file from Finder in TextMate

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In Finder, I see a file with the ".rel" extension. I'd like top open it in TextMate. I don't see TextMate in the list of choices, and, in fact, can't find it anywhere in the list of applications when I try to choose the application to open it with.

How can I tell Finder to open the file in TextMate, either now or always (by default)? How can I open an arbitrary file (i.e. even one with a known extension) from Finder in TextMate?

TextMate v2.0-beta.6
OS X Yosemite 10.10.1

Best Answer

  1. Select the file in Finder.

  2. Press ⌘I to Get Info.

  3. Set None to Other… in the Open With section of the inspector:

  4. Enable All Applications, then find and choose TextMate.

  5. Select Change All… to change the association for all .rel files.