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Fix Firefox to launch MIME filetype handler applications
Authored by: morganw on Nov 06, '04 03:10:07PM
Here's what my mimeTypes.rdf entry ended up looking like:

  <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/smil"
                   NC:path="/Applications/RealPlayer.app"
                   NC:prettyName="RealPlayer" />


This trick worked for me, but I didn't read the original post & one of the helpful comments carefully enough so it took a few tries.

When you save the SMIL file in order to create the entry in File Types prefs, you have to check the "do this every time" box.

It took me four steps: create the SMIL File Type entry, create the shortcut to the inside of the .app package, point Firefox at the raw executable, then tweak the .rdf to point at the .app instead.

I'm interested to know if just pasting the snipped of rdf would work, but my other Mac is used for testing iPods so I don't want to let Real anywhere near it.

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