{"id":35062,"date":"2022-02-17T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=35062"},"modified":"2022-03-09T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:58:58","slug":"taming-links-on-macos-with-open-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/17\/taming-links-on-macos-with-open-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Taming Links on macOS with Open In"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Schmitz<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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With Open In<\/em>, you can trigger a list of installed browsers when you click a link and choose the one you want it to, well, open in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

For the last several years, I’ve been using PasswordWallet as my bookmark opener, because it lets me specify which browser to use for each site. Usually I want to use Safari, but some sites only work in Firefox or Chrome. This way I don’t have to remember.<\/p>\n\n

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But there’s a lot more nerdy goodness to be had than just selecting from multiple web browsers. For example, if you add Zoom<\/em> as an option for browser links, there’s a URL Rewrite<\/em> section that gets added with a pre-configured regular expression[…] This allows you to open the Zoom link directly in the app, with no additional effort.<\/p>\n

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You can also create custom rules for when a file is open from a specific path, is coming from a specific application, or when a keyboard modifier is pressed. For example, I have a rule that allows me to open the file directly in Preview if I hold down the Command key[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n