Hi Christiaan, here is the response from Apple:
> his is a follow up to Bug ID# 5712415. After further investigation > it has been determined that this is a known issue, which is > currently being investigated by engineering. This issue has been > filed in our bug database under the original Bug ID# 5574036. The > original bug number being used to track this duplicate issue can be > found in the State column, in this format: Duplicate/OrigBug#. Can't wait for 10.5.2 Greetings, Rolf Am 29.01.2008 um 15:03 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: > This was your last mail? (I got the other reply after this one). > > On 29 Jan 2008, at 2:37 PM, Rolf Schmolling wrote: > >> Correction: >> >> it does seem to be a problem with Apple because I just checked: from >> context-menu it opens a version from TimeMachine-backup. >> > > And it's probably the same version that BibDesk's Open With menu tags > as default? > >> Will send feedback to Apple. >> > > Tell them that launch services does not choose the correct copy of > the app, it should prefer your copy in Applications over a copy > anywhere else. According to their documentation they indeed don't > have this rule, but IMHO it should be one of the rules. I consider > this a bug. Moreover I noticed that their version comparison is > pretty lame, they think 1.0RC2 is newer than 1.0.3. > > You can refer to my report rdar://problem/5152537. > > In the future we will always include the copy in Applications in the > Open With menu. Perhaps we should also override Launch Service's > choice of default app if we find a better candidiate. > > Christiaan > >> Greetings, >> >> Rolf >> >> Am 29.01.2008 um 14:16 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: >> >>> Is Skim the default app for PDFs? If so, this is mostly a problem of >>> Apple, because it chooses a random copy as the default (and that's >>> the one we always include). E.g. if you just double-click in Finder, >>> which one will it choose? On my computer it consistently chooses the >>> wrong copy. I filed a bug report with Apple a while ago, which they >>> don't want to acknowledge. Otherwise we should always prefer the >>> version in /Applications, if it exists. Is that not the case for >>> you? >>> I have no idea how to recognize a version from Time Machine. >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>> On 29 Jan 2008, at 1:50 PM, Rolf Schmolling wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Christiaan, >>>> >>>> I tried the latest build: http://bibdesk.demokratia.org/beta/ >>>> BibDesk-20080128.dmg >>>> >>>> >>>> Unfortunately it doesn't work (fully): The context-menu is properly >>>> de- >>>> populated BUT when chosing the ONLY version of Skim available it >>>> STILL >>>> opens some version from TimeMachine-Backup. >>>> >>>> The screenshot diden't go through, I can send it to you directly if >>>> you are interested and contact me directly (e-mail below). It shows >>>> that the app which BibDesk openedwas the very FIRST Skim-app >>>> saved by >>>> TimeMachine (not the one on my startup-disk). >>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> Rolf >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> Rolf >>>> (MBP 2.3.3 GH 2GB Ram, German OSX 10.5.1) >>>> >>>> Am 28.01.2008 um 21:37 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: >>>> >>>>> Please try the next nightly build to se of this problem is solved. >>>>> We >>>>> will now remove duplicate apps with the same version number. So >>>>> old >>>>> versions in time machine may still show up. >>>>> >>>>> Christiaan >>>>> >>>>> On 27 Jan 2008, at 10:33 PM, Rolf Schmolling wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello! >>>>>> >>>>>> I noticed sth. peculiar: I wanted to check how well any Skim- >>>>>> highlights would show up in Preview (none…) and tried to open the >>>>>> respective attached pdf-file in BibDesk (the new pane) via ctrl.- >>>>>> click >>>>>> and chosing Preview. >>>>>> >>>>>> Unfortunately an (almost) never-ending line of Acrobats…, Skims… >>>>>> and >>>>>> finally Previews… showed up. Chosing the first one later showed >>>>>> that >>>>>> those were all the apps backed up by TimeMachine. If I try to do >>>>>> the >>>>>> same thing in Finder, the ctrl.-click-menu does look normal. >>>>>> Since I >>>>>> plan NOT to switch of indexing my TimeMachine-Backup-volume, any >>>>>> idea >>>>>> what to do about this problem? My own workaround: show in Finder >>>>>> and >>>>>> THEN using the "open by"-menu not withstanding. >>>>>> I am sure my launch-services-databse is ok (otherwise I'd have >>>>>> the >>>>>> same problem in Finder). >>>>>> >>>>>> Greetings, >>>>>> >>>>>> Rolf >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Rolf Schmolling M.A. Historian, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> Berlin.DE >>>>>> http://rolf_schmolling.macbay.de/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> --- >>>>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>>>>> Defy all challenges. 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