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I want to disable mac Mail. It is a waste of my time. I do not want to use this app to store my email on my laptop, or give apple my gmail account info. My new $2k laptop is wasting my time, w old data hungry bloatware spyware

How do I stop mailto links from opening the mac mail app without giving apple any more personal info like my email account info?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 4, 2021 4:23 PM

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Posted on Aug 6, 2021 10:08 AM

UGHAPPLEUGHUGH wrote:

How do I stop mailto links from opening the mac mail app without giving apple any more personal info like my email account info?



Change the default web browser or email app on your Mac


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I want to disable mac Mail. It is a waste of my time. I do not want to use this app to store my email on my laptop, or give apple my gmail account info. My new $2k laptop is wasting my time, w old data hungry bloatware spyware

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