Mail, Apple’s email program that’s found in both OS X and iOS, is another built-in app that comes standard with any Mac, iPhone and iPad. While the Mail application is O.K. For most users, those who manage multiple email accounts or need to sift through and file away thousands of emails per day, may find it lacking.
Nothing about any other program can be changed from within Excel. If you want to change your default email program you need to do it from within that program. In Mail, go to Mail Preferences - General, then choose the preferred program from the Default email reader list. Select the dropdown next to Default Mail Reader; Choose Canary as the default; This change should take immediate effect. Switching and customizing your default apps will improve your interactions with your Mac, enhancing how you experience the activities you spend time doing everyday by making them faster and easier.
Default apps are really cool. They are 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.
Mac Set Default Apps
First, open the default Mail app (sorry for that) and click on Mail > Preferences in the upper menu. You’ll only need to do this once, to set default email mac.
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.
How To Set Default Email App On Mac
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.
Change Default Email On Mac
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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