Default apps

ashman70 · Jul 20, 2011, 11:53 PM

Does anyone know if there is a way to change the default apps?

What I mean is, in Lion, as it was in Snow Leopard before, if you right clicked on a file, say a photo, there was an option to 'send as attachment' or something similar and if you clicked on it, it would launch the the mail app. I don't use the mail app but I do use Microsoft Outlook, is there a way to tell Lion that my default mail app is Outlook?

ConnorCG · Jul 20, 2011, 11:59 PM

I believe the context menu that you are talking about was a built-in service, a sort-of script made in Automator (or that comes by default) that shows up when you click on different files, folders, etc. However, you may also be talking about the [I]Open With...[I] menu. If you are talking about Open With..., I don't believe there is an easy way to associate a specific filetype (like an image) to have Outlook show up in that menu without making Outlook the default app to open photos, which would be a bad idea. For making Outlook your default email client: I believe Outlook should prompt you to see if it is the default client when it launches.

Madd the Sane · Jul 21, 2011, 12:10 AM

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RCDefaultapp.

Comeagain? · Jul 21, 2011, 12:25 AM

In Mail preferences, under General, choose Outlook as "Default Email Reader".

ashman70 · Jul 21, 2011, 08:41 AM

Where do I find Mail Preferences?

ashman70 · Jul 21, 2011, 08:49 AM

RCDefaultapp does not work, it still calls up the default email app.

Jul 20, 2011, 11:53 PM	#1
ashman70 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2010	Default apps Does anyone know if there is a way to change the default apps? What I mean is, in Lion, as it was in Snow Leopard before, if you right clicked on a file, say a photo, there was an option to 'send as attachment' or something similar and if you clicked on it, it would launch the the mail app. I don't use the mail app but I do use Microsoft Outlook, is there a way to tell Lion that my default mail app is Outlook? __________________ Iphone 4s 16GB, iPad Mini 32GB wifi Mac Pro 3,1 2x2.8GHz Xeon quad core, EVGA 670, 16GB RAM, 1x256GB SSD, 1x2TB, 4x3TB, LG Bluray burner, 3x Dell 23" LED
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Jul 21, 2011, 12:10 AM	#3
Madd the Sane macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Utah	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5) RCDefaultapp. __________________ Get out of my mind, idea! I already have an idea in here!
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Jul 21, 2011, 08:41 AM	#5
ashman70 Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2010	Where do I find Mail Preferences? __________________ Iphone 4s 16GB, iPad Mini 32GB wifi Mac Pro 3,1 2x2.8GHz Xeon quad core, EVGA 670, 16GB RAM, 1x256GB SSD, 1x2TB, 4x3TB, LG Bluray burner, 3x Dell 23" LED
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Jul 21, 2011, 08:49 AM	#6
ashman70 Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2010	RCDefaultapp does not work, it still calls up the default email app. __________________ Iphone 4s 16GB, iPad Mini 32GB wifi Mac Pro 3,1 2x2.8GHz Xeon quad core, EVGA 670, 16GB RAM, 1x256GB SSD, 1x2TB, 4x3TB, LG Bluray burner, 3x Dell 23" LED
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Jul 20, 2011, 11:59 PM	#2
ConnorCG macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2011	I believe the context menu that you are talking about was a built-in service, a sort-of script made in Automator (or that comes by default) that shows up when you click on different files, folders, etc. However, you may also be talking about the [I]Open With...[I] menu. If you are talking about Open With..., I don't believe there is an easy way to associate a specific filetype (like an image) to have Outlook show up in that menu without making Outlook the default app to open photos, which would be a bad idea. For making Outlook your default email client: I believe Outlook should prompt you to see if it is the default client when it launches.
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Jul 21, 2011, 12:25 AM	#4
Comeagain? macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Spokane, WA	In Mail preferences, under General, choose Outlook as "Default Email Reader".
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