It might be tricky sometimes to choose a program to open a specific file. For example if you like to play a video using VLC player but it always gets played in quick time player. Every time you want to open a file it is quite inconvenient to opt for a desired program other than the one set as default. This article is devised as a guide for the users to set default applications on Mac.
Firstly, it is of utmost importance to recognize the file types you would want your desired app to open. But many a times an application fails to open a certain file because of file corruption or if the file being tried too access is deleted. Thus you are expected to recover deleted files on Mac before you can use an application to open the file.
Once you have figured out the most common files and file types that you generally use, implement the below mentioned procedure to make an app default on Mac:
Calendars help us keep a track of our work and every day schedule. Therefore it is beneficial to maintain one single calendar app as default to track all your meetings, events and invites, in-order to avoid any discrepancy.
From Mac OSX onwards you can select from various accounts in Calendar app like Microsoft Exchange account, Facebook account, or iCloud account by going to Accounts in Calendar app and choosing the desired Calendar.
Follow the below instructions to set default calendar on Mac:
As designed Mac computers have Safari as their default browser, but we all have our own personal preferences and some might want to have Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as the default browser.
Follow the below steps to easily switch to your desired browser:
Is Outlook your most preferred email program? If you are wondering how to set outlook as default mail client in Mac or any other email program follow these simple steps:
Note: It is to be considered that whenever you try to send a photo or any other document through mail, the chosen default app is used. The received mails and attachments are saved on your local Mac hard drive. Hence if you happen to lose any attachments or documents when trying to switch the default mail app, you can always recover data from Mac hard drive.