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Stuart Brodie

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Hi,

Is it possible to set up Outlook for Mac as my default mail client without opening mac mail?

For example, when I click on an email address online I would like to automatically open Outlook for Mac rather trying to reopen mac mail?

Thanks!
 

barbu

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I think OP realizes that since he referenced the requirement in his post...
Now, I am not sure why you would not want to just open Mail once to set it, but I assume he has his reasons.

or I am misreading the OP... but yes, @Erehy Dobon is correct. You open Mail, open Prefs > General and set your preferred client there. Then you need never open Mail again.
 
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Stuart Brodie

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Jan 10, 2020
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Glasgow, Scotland
Thanks Erehy Dobon for your help - very much appreciated.

Barbu, the reason I can't open Mail is because it causes my mac to crash - tried multiple solution but nothing seems to solve the issue. Hence the reason for moving onto Outlook.
How would you suggest editing the plist? Thank you
 

barbu

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If Mail insists on crashing for you, you could trash its preferences and try again. If you are on Catalina, you can trash the entire com.apple.mail folder under ~/Library/Containers as well as ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail-shared.plist.
Then try opening mail.
Sorry if you have tried this already but it shouldn't be too hard to get Mail to open.
 
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