Default apps are really cool. They are most native, work right from the box and are extremely reliable for basic tasks. Yet, sometimes they lack some necessary features and lag behind most of the competitors. That's when you might want to change your default email client.
You can do that literally in seconds.
- MORE: How to Force Quit an App in Mac OS X One of the nice things about the Mac is that when you double click on a file, it automatically opens in a default application.
- Go into Mail preferences and change the default email app to Outlook. Steps to change your default email application. Open the Applications folder and double-click on the Mail app to launch it. Note: If an email account has not yet been set up in the Mail app, you will need to create one.
Sep 09, 2020 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: Launch Mail from your dock or the Finder. Click Mail in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click Preferences. Click the dropdown next to Default Mail Reader. First, launch the Mail client on your Mac (it's inside the Applications folder) and then go to Mail Preferences. Click on the General tab and look for 'Default email reader'. Select another mail client or browser from the drop down menu and then close the Preferences window for your change to take effect.
First, open the default Mail app (sorry for that) and click on Mail > Preferences in the upper menu.
Once there, switch to the ‘General' tab and click on ‘Default Email Reader'. Now you can choose the app you would like to be the default one for managing emails.
If there's no such option in the dropdown, you can select any app from the Applications folder. To do so, click on ‘Select' and pick your email champion.
That's it. Now you are using the email client that is the best for managing your inbox and the most customized to your needs.
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Unless I'm missing something obvious, this is one of the more maddening anti-consumer things I've seen Apple do... So I'm on a corporate laptop, and like 95%+ of Fortune 500 companies (for better or worse) we use Outlook. Cool, I want to set Outlook as my default mail client.
Google results, and Apple's own support articles, tell me that the only way to change the default mail application (since like 10.7), is to open Mail, go to 'Preferences', and change the default program. Ok, except you ****don't have the option to select 'Preferences' 'till you've configured an actual mail account****. I've tried entering dummy account info and the like, but Apple won't let you into the mail app 'till your credentials are verified.
So, seemingly, the only way to change the mail client in Mac OS is completely configure an account in Mail ... just so you can click one option in preferences so that you'll never have to use Mail ever again. That's terrible design at best, but more likely just blatantly anti-consumer.
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