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How to Change a File Type’s Default App in MacOS

Feb 9, 2023 - 1 Comment
How to Change a File Type's Default App in macOS

Do you want to change the default application that your Mac uses to open a specific file type or file format? You’ll be excited to know that there are multiple ways to go about this and it’s pretty easy to change the default app for various file types on your system.

How to Set Gmail as the Default Mail App on iPhone

Oct 12, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Set Gmail as the Default Mail App on iPhone

Do you use the official Gmail app on iPhone or iPad, and you’d rather Gmail be the default mail app for sending and receiving mails? If so, you can make this change rather easily on iOS and iPadOS.

How to Set Google Chrome as Default Browser on iPhone & iPad

Oct 22, 2020 - 6 Comments
How to Set Google Chrome as Default Browser on iPhone & iPad

You can now change the default web browser app on iPhone and iPad to be Chrome, so if you’d rather use Chrome instead of Safari, that’s now an easy option, as long as your device is running iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 or later.

How to Change the Default Mail App on iPhone & iPad

Oct 20, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Change the Default Mail App in iOS 14 & iPadOS 14

One of of the more exciting new changes to iPhone and iPad is the ability to set third-party mail apps as default. This ability requires iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 or later. For now, you can change the default mail app to a different email client and change the default browser app too, so if … Read More

How to Reinstall Default Apps Deleted from iPhone or iPad

Oct 23, 2017 - 38 Comments
Redownload stock apps to restore default apps on iOS device

Now that iPhone and iPad users can delete default apps from their iOS devices, you may find it important to know how to re-download those stock apps to reinstall them back onto your iOS device. This is possible with any of the default apps bundle with iOS that can be deleted and then restored, including … Read More

How to Delete Default Apps on iPhone, iPad in iOS

Oct 20, 2016 - 19 Comments
Delete Default Apps in iOS

You can now delete defaults apps from any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running modern iOS releases. Yes this means you can delete Mail, delete Music, Stocks, Maps, Calendar, Watch, iTunes Store, Compass, Reminders, Videos, iBooks, Podcasts, Find Friends, Watch, Tips, Voice Memos, News, Activity, and any other of the pre bundled default iOS apps … Read More

2 Ways to Change the Default Application to Open Files With in Mac OS X

Aug 8, 2013 - 30 Comments
Change default applications for files in Mac OS X

Each file type has a default application that is associated with it on the Mac. This means that when you double-click a file from the Finder it will open a specific application, for example on a fresh Mac OS installation, all image files (png, jpg, gif, pdf, etc) will default to opening in Preview, and … Read More

Change the Default App a File Opens with on a Mac

Feb 1, 2011 - 11 Comments

Want to change what the default app is that launches when you double-click or otherwise open a file from the OS X Finder? It’s easy to do, and you can change any individual files default application by doing the following from the Mac Finder: Select the file (or file type) that you want to adjust … Read More

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