When you know how to set default applications on your Mac, you can customize your computing experience to make it more efficient and enjoyable.
For example, by setting a custom default application, you can set all .JPEG files to open in one of the best photo editing software applications like Adobe Photoshop.
This is handy if you often open the same file formats as part of your workflow, or if you just have a particular dislike for the apps you started with on macOS.
Even better, it’s easy to do. Read on to learn how to set default apps on your Mac.
notes: Use this guide to change the default application that opens a specific file type.If you want to change the default browser on your Mac, read our guide How to change your default browser.
How to Set Default Apps on Mac
1. In the Finder, right click on a file and choose to get information.
2. Click the “Open With” drop-down box.
3. Select an application — This will be the application that opens all files of that file type from now on.
4. Click Change All.
5. Click Continue.
All files of that file type will now open in the application of your choice. If you want to change it back, just repeat these steps and select the original default application in step 3.
If you need more help using your Mac, we’ve got you covered. We can teach you lots of cool tricks that aren’t obvious, even for longtime Mac users, like how to select multiple files on a Mac and how to rename multiple files on a Mac – if you need to rename, Both of these are very handy for processing large numbers of files in seconds.
We also have a guide on how to show file paths on a Mac, so you can always quickly determine where files and folders are nested. Also how to forget a Wi-Fi network on Mac if you need to clear your network list. Finally, if your Mac is running a bit slow, your first steps should be to learn how to clear the cache on your Mac, and then, if it’s an Intel-based machine, how to reset the SMC on your Mac.
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