How to choose correct default apps...

Hi everyone. Simple question...how does one choose the correct default application for say, a short video file that's been emailed to you? None of the highlighted apps seem appropriate, and I don't want to make the mistake of putting default settings in wrong apps. Any help for this? Thanks.

A video file can't be played on a lot of software so your selection of possibilities should be pretty limited. QuickTime seems the most likely.
If you pick the wrong app and it won't open then just click once on the file to highlight it and do "command i" for Get Info (the command key is the one with the Apple logo on it). About two thirds down the info window you'll see something that says "Open this with..." and below that a popup menu of applications to choose from with the current one visible. Click on the popup window and choose another one. You can do this as many times as you want so don't worry about picking the right one the first time.

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