I’ve got a related issue that is driving me batty. Happy emailing! Thanks to Mark for the question and tip idea! Mail app is a great email client but if it’s not for you, there are plenty of options out there. In case you think this may be confusing, you can complete the entire process in under 20 seconds, as demonstrated in this quick walkthrough video:Ĭhanging the default Mac Mail app is done this way in all versions of MacOS and Mac OS X, it does not matter what system software version you run. It’s just the way Apple does it, for now anyway. For example, setting Gmail as the default for Chrome and other web browsers is just a matter of using a javascript or browser extension, and is completed in a moment.Īdmittedly, it’s a little weird to use Mail to change the email client away from that app in Mac OS X, but it’s actually similar to setting the default web browser on the Mac too, which is done through Safari even if you don’t want to use that as the browser. Note that if you want to use a webmail app within a browser (to be perfectly clear, that means a mail service like Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or Hotmail loaded in the web browser and not in a mail client application) as your Macs default mail client you’ll need to use a variety of tweaks to launch the browser directly. If you’re going to download a third party email client like ThunderBird, remember to throw it into the /Applications/ folder before selecting it through the Mail’s default selection procedure. In this screenshot example, the possible email reader apps to select are: Google Chrome ( for Gmail), Mail.app (the default in Mac OS X), iTerm (for pine, the command line mail client), and Sparrow Lite (a third party mail app).Ĭhoosing the “Select” option will bring up a Finder Open window viewer to locate applications stored elsewhere in Mac OS X, whether it’s the Applications folder or somewhere else.
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