Automatically open folders in Forklift instead of Finder
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I use [Forklift](https://binarynights.com/) (version 3.5.8) instead of Finder. When I type
open .
or similar to open a folder, I would like it to **automatically** display the folder in Forklift, not Finder. But note that the question is not specific to the open
command: **I would also like applications that call on the system to open files to always have the files opened by Forklift.**
### Things I've tried
In the [documentation](https://binarynights.com/manual) in the **Default File Viewer** section, it explains how to set Forklift as the default file viewer. It seems to work for some things like "show in finder", but not for other things such as open .
. Neither does it work in my Alfred workflows.
In the question _https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/234061/how-to-open-current-folder-in-forklift-from-command-line_ , there is a discussion about creating an alternative shortcut for Forklift. But I would like Forklift to be the default behavior. I am specifically asking for a solution where system behavior is tweaked to make this happen by default.
### Ideas
In the past I've seen applications that allow you to change the default app to open certain types of files. I wonder if there is something like that for folders.
Maybe I need to upgrade to Forklift 4, but first I would want to know that this problem would actually be fixed, as I risk breaking things in the process. I'm on MacOS Ventura 13.4 right now.
Asked by mareoraft
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Jul 14, 2024, 09:05 AM
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