How To Set the Default App For Opening Files On a Mac
Simply opening a file will launch the default app for that file. But you can indicate that you wish to open a different app in several ways. You can also set the default app for that file or for all files of the same type.
Comments: 4 Responses to “How To Set the Default App For Opening Files On a Mac”
Milo
3 years ago
Have you had problems with doing this on Big Sur? I have an M1 Air and the change doesn’t seem to take. So far have noticed it with MP3 and Zip apps.
Have you had problems with doing this on Big Sur? I have an M1 Air and the change doesn’t seem to take. So far have noticed it with MP3 and Zip apps.
Milo: I am using Big Sur in this video.
I get an error message when attempting to do this on Big Sur. It seems to be broken
James: What's the error message? What type of file are you trying it on, and which app are you setting it to?