How to set and change the default app on Mac
It depends on the type of file format. Default app that opens a file is upon the format of that file. When you double click on a file like songs, text, pictures, etc it will automatically open in an app. For example, if you would like to play a video in VLC Media Player, but always it will open in QuickTime player or any other default app. Similarly, you open a document and automatically it will open in Pages instead of Microsoft Word or another app. This is all because of default apps. However, if you don’t want to open Songs in iTunes, emails in Mail, or links in Safari, here is how to change and set a default app on Mac. How to change and set the default app for various files Want to change the default app of your Mac for “.jpg, mp3, mp4, .txt, etc.’ file type? Here is how. 1. Locate to the file (image, audio, video, document, etc.) you want to change the default app. 2. Right click on the file to change its default app. 3. ...