Jan 19, 2017 While the default Mail app on a Mac has been vastly improved in macOS Sierra, chances are, you still have a preferred third party email app that you’ve been using for quite some time. However, changing the default email client on a Mac is not as straightforward as changing the default image viewer, or even changing the default web browser is. I use outlook to access my email and would like outlook to be the default mail application. All the instructions I find online suggest that I should open mail and choose 'Mail - Preferences' to set the default mail app. Unfortunately Preferences is greyed out until an account is added. I don't have another account that I want to add to my mac. Sep 05, 2019 By default, your Mac will open it with TextEdit, Apple’s built-in simple text-editing app. To change that, Ctrl+click the file in question, then click Get Info. This will bring up a new window.
Certain actions that you perform on your Mac will cause default apps to open. For example, clicking a document may open Pages. But what if you want Microsoft Word to open instead? You can also set your default web browser and email reader.
Here's how!
How to change the default Mac app for specific file types
Now any time you open a file with that extension, the Finder will automatically open it with the app you've selected.
How to set your default web browser
How to set your default email reader
Mail is likely the default email app on your Mac, but just in case you have others downloaded, you can set the default reader. Here's how:
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Updated February 2020: Updated for macOS Catalina!
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