How Magic Launch works

When you tell Magic Launch to honor the creator code for a given file type, or if rules are active for that file type, Magic Launch sets its own agent as the default application. When you open a file, the agent application is launched to check the creator code and evaluate rules as defined in the settings. It then opens the appropriate application.

Installing the agent application in each user account allows it to be updated when settings change. This is necessary to preserve the icons, otherwise files handled by the agent would get a generic document icon.

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