Each atom update adds a new item to "Open with"

[thedaniel]

support/6be6d1eaa44911e38bd5c0467822a465?page=1

[thedaniel]

I told a user I'd update him when this gets fixed / how to mitigate it, so here's a reference so I don't forget: support/f26cab94a33711e38ba89562ca18aa3b?page=1

[probablycorey]

Related discussion http://discuss.atom.io/t/mutliple-atom-entries-in-open-with/3401

[probablycorey]

Hey Mac Dudes,
Is seeing multiple instances of Atom when you click 'open with' because we are doing wrong with Squirrel?

/cc @dannygreg @jspahrsummers @joshaber

[joshaber]

It seems totally possible this is Squirrel. Any idea what SHA you're on?

We had a bug where installed updates weren't getting deleted: Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#95. It was fixed in Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#103.

/cc @keithduncan

[probablycorey]

We are on
Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac@c7915326d9e7ca7964f5bf7d83cc6cf4b51793e3so
it should have that PR.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Josh Abernathy notifications@github.comwrote:

It seems totally possible this is Squirrel. Any idea what SHA you're on?

We had a bug where installed updates weren't getting deleted:
Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#95Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#95.
It was fixed in Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#103Squirrel/Squirrel.Mac#103
.

/cc @keithduncan https://github.com/keithduncan

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[joshaber]

Hmm, nothing else sticks out then. Can you find where those duplicate copies are?

[probablycorey]

For me they files were located all over the drive (my fault, not squirrels.) But I can't figure out why the user from the halp ticket was having this problem. I'll scour around for more details.

[dannygreg]

It's worth noting that Atom is by no means the only sufferer of this. I've considered this a bug in OS X for a while.

[izuzak]

Users are still reporting this

[joshaber]

It'd still be interesting to know if there are actually that many copies sitting around, or if Launch Services is just up the butt.

[izuzak]

It'd still be interesting to know if there are actually that many copies sitting around

That doesn't seem to be the case -- the user sent a list of all files named "atom" on his drive and I see only one Atom app in there..

support/1d4db834c18411e3892d05e3b48dbe89

[probablycorey]

I also had them run mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier == 'com.github.atom'" and the only value returned was /Applications/Atom.app. So I'm stumped on this one.

[jspahrsummers]

You may want to have them try rebuilding their Launch Services database.

[izuzak]

Note to self: let users know after this is fixed by posting an update on this forum thread.

[stmcintyre]

Thanks @jspahrsummers, rebuilding the launch services database and restarting finder has fixed this for me.

[jspahrsummers]

Great to hear! ✨

[bajabob]

Yeah.... this is getting out of hand.

[thedaniel]

Did this get fixed? Both @tombell and I now only see 129 in our Open With menu.

[ithinkihaveacat]

Sucks to be you. Me, I'm down to 8, which is basically 1 with a small
rounding error.
On Sep 17, 2014 6:40 PM, "Daniel Hengeveld" notifications@github.com
wrote:

Did this get fixed? Both @tombell https://github.com/tombell and I now
only see 129 in our Open With menu.

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[jspahrsummers]

As noted above, this is a LaunchServices issue.

[thedaniel]

It's strange that it would 'fix itself' but i guess that's the dark and arcane way of launchservices.

[carstenhag]

Is this issue actually still relevant? Should probably be closed...

[benogle]

Closing. If anyone still has this issue, please comment!

[MarkMurphy]

I'm still having this issue 0.205.0 and 0.207.0 both appear in my "open with.." context menu.

[zaridan]

Found this issue while looking for a solution to this annoyance. Confirmed still an issue.

[humanfactors]

Still affecting Atom 1.99. Please can someone work out what is causing this?

[jakeywan]

Yup, same issue here. Super annoying.

[vacantgeologist]

Same here...

[rfreitas]

Still a problem

[caioiglesias]

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user ; killall Dock

source

[jwfehr]

I am having this issue with atom 1.12.1 1.12.2 and 1.12.3 however I have the ability to open the different versions. ex. I currently have 1.12.1 and 1.12.3 running at the same time. Yet when I search for atom in finder I only get one executable. Any Ideas?

I already rebuilt my launch services database.

[sergiouceda]

I had the same issue. I uninstalled/reinstalled and it got fixed. I think it could also be related with having the old version icon pinned on the dock. I hope it helps.

[galvax]

@sergiouceda that solved it for me after reading your comment. Removed, the icon from the dock and everything fixed itself 🎉

[MarkMurphy]

Confirmed. Removing the icon from the dock also solved it for me. Obviously I don't want to have to do this every time so hopefully this discovery helps someone address this problem.

[wbednarski]

This issue just showed up for me. I have version 1.12.7. However, when I use the context menu in GitHub for Mac it opens separate Atom version 1.12.5. I uninstalled Atom (removing all library files), and the issue persists. I've also tried to upgrade that strange phantom Atom that is seen only by GitHub Desktop but it fails to update, after the restart, it is still old version 1.12.5.

[theflofly]

Same problem whereas as don't have the icon pinned in the dock.

[oxbits]

USE WITH CAUTION (per @stephendavidsmith below):

If you are having this issue, temporary work around...

In terminal:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Then Relaunch Finder - hold down alt/option key and right click the Finder icon in the Dock > Relaunch

It worked for me.

:-D

From:
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/mac-remove-duplicate-right-click-menus/

[mPanasiewicz]

THX @oxbits It worked for me.

[rameshvr]

emptied the trash, it solved for me. the older version stays in your mac trash. try deleting that.

[stephendavidsmith]

Use @oxbits solution with a bit of caution - it didn't work for me, but in my case it did mess up some of my file associations

[oxbits]

@stephendavidsmith yeah, seemed good at first, but now it does some sort of "search" to determine file associations, and that takes a little longer than it seems it should (but it did get rid of the multiple atoms all appearing at the same time)

[blakeperdue]

Consistently happens to me over time. I also have zero other apps that have this issue. I realize it may be a Mac issue but would love if Atom could figure out a workaround to this issue :)

[ToddMurphy92]

In the same boat as @blakeperdue

[blakeperdue]

I actually noticed this happening with one other app: Skitch. That would imply it is a MacOS issue. However, there's clearly something different in how apps like Skitch and Atom are doing versioning with the OS. Other apps do not show a version number in that Finder context menu, such as Google Chrome, Safari, Adobe CS, VLC.

But, then there are many apps that do list the version number: Affinity Designer, Sketch, Skitch, iBooks, and even xCode! So, I'm at a loss.

I'd love for an easier solution than wiping all the Finder data around apps. It's taking a sledgehammer to the problem. Is there not a more simple way of taking a scalpel and cutting out the old Atom versions from the OS?

[david-ciamberlano]

I found that after an update, older versions of the App remain in the "~/Library/Caches/com.github.atom.ShipIt/" folder.
Deleting them seems to solve the problem...

[blakeperdue]

@david-ciamberlano Wow, awesome find. That worked for me!!

[blakeperdue]

So, deleting the contents of ~/Library/Caches/com.github.atom.ShipIt does fix the Atom issue. But, I tried that with other apps (like Skitch) and it did not work. The ShipIt suffix I'm guessing is an Electron distribution thing as other apps have a similar folder (com.postmanlabs.mac.ShipIt for example).

So, I'm guessing this fix will work for Electron-based apps, but not for other apps like Skitch 😢

[matthewpoer]

rameshvr commented on Feb 6
emptied the trash, it solved for me. the older version stays in your mac trash. try deleting that

That's dumb. Totally worked.

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