


Firefox (Mac) - Changing the Default E-mail Program This document details the process for changing the program that Firefox will open when a mailto is link selected. Your default mail reader is whats used when youre browsing a web page and share it via email with a friend or colleague, or mail it to yourself for further reading. With a panoply of clever features and new ideas, these contenders. In this Article: Changing Your Default 'Mailto' Client to Gmail in Chrome Safari - Using an Extension Changing Your Default 'Mailto' Client in Firefox Changing Your Default Email Reader Community Q&A. A recent surge of worthy new email clients offers Mac users some of the best choices they’ve ever had for managing their mail. How to Change the Default Email Client on Mac OS X. It can get annoying when you double click on a jpeg from your desktop and it tries to open in Photoshop. You can easily set the default program to open certain file types from any “Get Info” window, from any file in Mac OS X. Click the app you'd like to set as the default. Click the dropdown next to Default Mail Reader. Click Mail in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Choose an email app from the Default email reader pop-up menu. From the menu bar, choose Mail > Settings (or Preferences). Change the default email app Open the Mail app. Choose a web browser from the Default web browser menu. Here's how: Launch Mail from your dock or the Finder. From the Apple menu in the corner of your screen, choose System Preferences. Mail is likely the default email app on your Mac, but just in case you have others downloaded, you can set the default reader. When another application wants to send an email, it looks up the default and passes the email to the default mail program. Mac OS X - Setting the Default Mail Program The default mail program is the software that is registered with your operating system as the software that is to handle mailto URL's.
