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Markdown files open in SHIPIT

2 min · Everyone · 6 steps

A double-click on a .md file in Finder opens it in SHIPIT, in a pane next to your work. Here is how to turn it on, what you will see and how to undo it.

  1. 01SHIPIT asks once

    After the first setup SHIPIT offers once to become the app for .md and .markdown files. macOS shows the confirmation itself: accept or decline.

    SHIPIT does not ask again. If it already opens these files, there is no prompt.

  2. 02Turn it on in Settings

    Open Settings → General and click the Open Markdown files here row. It covers .md, .markdown, .mdown and .mdx.

    macOS asks for confirmation again. Once you accept, SHIPIT shows Markdown opens in SHIPIT by Dzhura.

  3. 03The line under the row shows the state

    Under the row you can see which app opens .md now. For example, Opens in TextEdit now. Make SHIPIT by Dzhura the default app for .md files.

    When it is done, it reads SHIPIT by Dzhura is the default app for .md files.

  4. 04What a double-click does

    SHIPIT opens the Code tab and shows the file in a viewer pane to the right of the pane you used last. If Settings was open, it closes.

    If the file is already open in a pane, SHIPIT just moves to it, no second copy. When no workspace is selected, SHIPIT makes a separate workspace for such files in your home folder.

  5. 05Files from inside SHIPIT

    A .md file you open from chat, from an agent's reply or from a terminal with ⌘ and a click opens in the same kind of pane.

    Nothing to turn on for this: it works even when Finder has another app set for .md.

  6. 06How to switch back to another app

    In Finder select any .md file and press ⌘I. In the Get Info window, under Open with, pick another app and click Change All….

    SHIPIT will not override that choice: it asks only once on its own.

Tips

Questions

I declined the macOS prompt. Did something break?

No. Files keep opening in the previous app. Whenever you like, click the row in Settings → General.

SHIPIT says it could not. Why?

In the confirmation window macOS kept the previous app. SHIPIT names it in the message. Click the row again and accept.

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