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HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MAC’S DEFAULT APPLICATIONS?

By ADMIN| October 9, 2018

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Sometimes we perform requirements which are not available in Mac default programs. Although the default applications in Mac are easy. But, some of the default apps lacks some features.So at this point of time, what would we do? We can change the default application on Mac from the one we want to use. In this article, we will be looking at the steps for how to change Mac default programs from the ones that we prefer to use.

Change Mac Default Calendar

This process will change your default Calendar Application.
  • From the Applications folder, open Calendar or type ‘Calendar’ in Search box and open it.Mac
  • From the menu bar of Calendar, go to ‘Preferences’.
  • In General, select the ‘Default Calendar App’ menu.
  • Choose the preferred calendar application in the menu, which will be the default calendar app.

How to Change Default Mail Application on Mac?

The process will change default mail application to open and send mails.
  • From the Applications, open Mail or type ‘Mail’ in Search box and open it.
  • Now from the menu bar of Mail, go to ‘Preferences’.
  • Now in General, select the ‘Default Mail Reader’ dropdown menu.
  • Choose the preferred default mail reader application.

How to Change Default Browser on Mac?

Here the process will tell you how to change default browser with the specific web browser of your choice.
  • Go to Mac’s System Preferences from the menu bar.
  • In System Preferences, go to General box.
  • As soon as you enter the General Pane in System Preferences, there is a ‘Default web Browser’ option followed by the dropdown menu.
  • From the given list of web browsers, select the one that you most commonly use.

Make Google Chrome Default Web Browser

  • Go to Preferences in Google Chrome menu.
  • In Default Browser option, click ‘MAKE DEFAULT’.
  • After this, a Mac OS dialog box will appear on your screen asking you to confirm. Select Use “Chrome” button.

Change Mac Default Image Viewer

It will change your Mac’s default image viewer with the specific viewer of your choice.
  • Find and search for an image in file finder with extension .jpg or .png.
  • Right click on the picture and select ‘Get Info’ option from the menu.
  • In Get Info window, search for ‘Open with:’
  • When you click the menu given on the right side of Open with, a list of applications will appear that are able to view that image.
  • Choose the application that you want to open your image with.
  • Press the ‘Change All’ button. This button confirms that the particular application is set as the default image viewer application.
  • After pressing Change All, a dialog box will appear on your screen asking you to continue with this app. Press Continue.
  • This will change your default mac image viewer.

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