When the Calendar you selected is at the top of the list check to make sure that is set as the default calendar by creating a new event. The new event should have the calendar you set as the default calendar as the calendar. Note: If you have calendars from MobileMe, on your Mac, and other calendars. The calendars on your Mac take precedence. From the Applications folder, open Calendar or type ‘Calendar’ in Search box and open it. Now, from the menu bar of Calendar, go to ‘Preferences’. Now in General, select the ‘Default Calendar App’ menu. In this menu, choose the preferred calendar application, which will be the default calendar app.
It might be tricky sometimes to choose a program to open a specific file. For example if you like to play a video using VLC player but it always gets played in quick time player. Every time you want to open a file it is quite inconvenient to opt for a desired program other than the one set as default. This article is devised as a guide for the users to set default applications on Mac.
How to set default Mac application for specified file types?
Firstly, it is of utmost importance to recognize the file types you would want your desired app to open. But many a times an application fails to open a certain file because of file corruption or if the file being tried too access is deleted. Thus you are expected to recover deleted files on Mac before you can use an application to open the file.
Once you have figured out the most common files and file types that you generally use, implement the below mentioned procedure to make an app default on Mac:
- Choose a file that has the same extension as the other files that you extensively use and right click on it. Example: .mov extension (video)
- Select “GetInfo” from the list shown in the pop-up
- Choose Open With and expand the drop down to choose an app
- Select Change All… option under Use this application label box
- Finally a pop-up asking “Are you sure you want to change all similar files to open with the application” comes up, select continue to save the settings
- Now the next time you open a file, it is opened using the default application of your choice
How to set default calendar on Mac?
Calendars help us keep a track of our work and every day schedule. Therefore it is beneficial to maintain one single calendar app as default to track all your meetings, events and invites, in-order to avoid any discrepancy.
From Mac OSX onwards you can select from various accounts in Calendar app like Microsoft Exchange account, Facebook account, or iCloud account by going to Accounts in Calendar app and choosing the desired Calendar.
Set Default Calendar App Mac
Follow the below instructions to set default calendar on Mac:
- This methodology applies for Mac OS X and the later versions
- Open Calendar app and choose “Preferences” from the menu
- Select general tab on the top left corner
- Under general tab find Default Calendar and click on the arrow button to expand the drop down menu
- Choose from the listed calendars to set as default on Mac
How to change default browser in Mac?
As designed Mac computers have Safari as their default browser, but we all have our own personal preferences and some might want to have Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as the default browser.
Follow the below steps to easily switch to your desired browser:
- Go to System Preferences from Finder or from the Dock
- Now you can select General from top left corner
- From the Default web browser drop down menu select the desired web browser that shows up in the list.
- Now you have successfully changed default browser in Mac
How to change the default mail app in Mac?
Is Outlook your most preferred email program? If you are wondering how to set outlook as default mail client in Mac or any other email program follow these simple steps:
Tip: If you see an error that says the Microsoft Office installer.pkg can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer, wait 10 seconds and move the downloaded file to your desktop. Activate Office.To open an Office app, select the Start button (lower-left corner of your screen) and type the name of an Office app, like Word.If you have Windows 8.1 or 8.0, type the name of an Office app on the Start screen.To open the Office app, select its icon in the search results.When the Office app opens, accept the license agreement. My mac won't install cracked apps. Hold Control + click the file to launch the installer.On the first installation screen, select Continue to begin the installation process.Review the software license agreement, and then click Continue.Select Agree to agree to the terms of the software license agreement.Choose how you want to install Office and click Continue.Review the disk space requirements or change your install location, and then click Install. Office is activated and ready to use. Note: If you want to only install specific Office apps and not the entire suite, click the Customize button and uncheck the programs you don't want.Enter your Mac login password, if prompted, and then click Install Software.
- Open Mail app which is set as default
- From the Mail menu select “Preferences”
- Choose the General tab from the top left corner
- Under general tab find Default email reader and click on the arrow to select from the default email app from the drop down list
Note: It is to be considered that whenever you try to send a photo or any other document through mail, the chosen default app is used. The received mails and attachments are saved on your local Mac hard drive. Hence if you happen to lose any attachments or documents when trying to switch the default mail app, you can always recover data from Mac hard drive.
Calendar User Guide
Use Alerts preferences in Calendar to set alert and notification preferences for events.
To change these preferences in the Calendar app on your Mac, choose Calendar > Preferences, then click Alerts.
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Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Account | Choose the account whose alert preferences you want to change. | ||||||||||
Events | Choose a default alert for new events. Choose None to not have a default alert. | ||||||||||
All Day Events | Choose a default alert for new all-day events. Choose None to not have a default alert. | ||||||||||
Birthdays | Choose a default alert for birthdays (in the Birthdays calendar). Choose None to not have a default alert. | ||||||||||
Use these default alerts on only this computer | Select to use the default alert settings on only this Mac, and not on other devices where you use Calendar. | ||||||||||
Time to leave | Select to receive notifications when it’s time to leave for events whose info window includes a map. You receive a notification based on your likely location before the event starts, the event’s location, and current traffic or transit conditions at these times:
The time to leave is calculated based on the preference set in the Maps app using the View > Directions menu. See Add location and travel time to events. | ||||||||||
Show shared calendar messages in Notification Center | Select to receive calendar invitation and change notifications in the top-right corner of the screen. Use Notifications preferences to choose how and when Calendar notifications appear in the corner of the screen. If you deselect this option, you still receive notices in Calendar or by email. | ||||||||||
Show invitation messages in Notification Center | Select to receive event invitation and change notifications in the top-right corner of the screen. Use Notifications preferences to choose how and when Calendar notifications appear in the corner of the screen. If you deselect this option, you still receive notices in Calendar or by email. | ||||||||||
See alsoNotifications preferencesShow or hide the Birthdays calendar on MacSet event alerts and receive notifications in Calendar on Mac
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