If I want to change which app handles mailto: links, Apple says I have to use Mail.app. However Mail.app does not allow me to get to the preferences unless I setup Mail.app.
This is a real Catch-22! I can't use Mail.app with my email (nor do I want to), but then I'm forced to set it up in order to NOT use it (which I can't).
How do I change which app handles mailto: without Mail.app?
@peter_watt, you're right, it's not a bug, it's really bad design. The Mail UI could at least allow you to change things like the default mail handler w/o requiring the user to actually setup a mail account, which they are then going to immediately remove once they've made the change? That's ridiculous. I'd prefer a command line way to do it, but at least make the UI usable in the default case. This is, in fact, so ridiculous that MS offers a tool to workaround this issue https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/troubleshoot/outlook-for-mac/useful-tools#setdefaultmailapp Why not offer a clean (and default usable) solution instead?
I found a command line app called duti (brew install duti) which can do this, but this is still a bug Apple should address.
The workaround is to setup Mail app with one of your accounts, change the preferences then disable the account for mail.
You say bug, I say It's how it works.
1) None of my accounts work with Mail
2) Since I don't want to use Mail, this isn't "how it works" but rather an insane work-around. I'll take my work-around over yours.
It's absolutely a bug
"...1) None of my accounts work with Mail...)
like what? Gmail?
LOL, like everyone has a google data mining account.
ProtonMail for one doesn't work with Mail.
LOL, no thanks
OK no other option. Good luck.
As that tool (designed to set default mail on Mac) asks the user for a mail provider, you tried it with another provider? Could be your answer.
How do I change which app handles mailto: without Mail.app?
