Changing application or program recognition for file types

I downloaded an .sit file and in my ignorance when prompted told iphoto to recognize this file type which of course it won't. I then downloaded Stuffit Expander, but when I click on the .sit file it still opens in iphoto. How do I tell the .sit file to open in another program?

Single click on the file rather than double click and then go to the file menu and select"get info" In the resulting box that comes up navigate to the "open with" disclosure triangle and change it from iPhoto to Stuffit.
You could also drag the file to the stuffit icon and drop it on it which should open the file. Some folks keep an alias of stuffit on their desktop or in the dock for this purpose.

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