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Hi!
Today, while using "Mail" I was wanted to save to iPhoto a photo my son emailed to me. So I right-clicked (AKA: Control+Click) on the photo and selected "Open With" from the contextual menu (AKA: Shortcut Menu) and selected "Import with iPhoto". This worked fine, but the problem I'm asking for help with is…there were multiple listings of every option available in the menu. I mean the list was HUGE! There are like 5 of everything. In case I'm not making myself clear there are 5 options all saying, "Import with iPhoto". And there are 5 of everything else in that menu. Is there a place I can go and edit this menu to show only one of each option?
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