Apple Mail, also known simply as the Mail app, is the default email client on macOS. As is characteristic for apps from Apple, the Mail app is a simple, polished piece of software designed to streamline your email conversations and make your life easier with search filters and support for multiple email accounts. Make sure that the other email app is installed. Although you might be able to use a web browser for email (webmail), a web browser isn't an email app. Open the Mail app. Choose Mail Preferences, then click General. Choose an email app from the ”Default email reader” menu.
If you want to use a third-party email client like Microsoft Outlook, Spark, Airmail, etc., the default mail client be easily changed on a Mac. 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.
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How to change your default email app
- Make sure that the other email app is installed. Although you might be able to use a web browser for email (webmail), a web browser isn't an email app.
- Open the Mail app.
- Choose Mail > Preferences, then click General.
- Choose an email app from the ”Default email reader” menu.
You might be prompted to add an email account before you can change the setting in Mail. If you don't want to do that, check the preferences of the other email app. You might be able to set a default email app from there.
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