change default email client to outlook

Worked for me, too😀

ashutoshgupta.umd,

I attempted to set Outlook as the default mail client and "email" was then removed from the contextual "share" list.

So, I also created an automator script to do this task. This may be an old thread, but this may help someone:

1. Create a Service script

2. On the pulldown menu marked "Service receives selected..." Choose "Files or Folders"

3. Search for Outlook in the search bar above the list of available script pieces.

4. drag "Create New Outlook Mail Message" to your script work area.

a. Enter any information you want to be defaulted (I left it all blank)

5. Drag, "Insert Content into Outlook Mail Messages" to your work area.

a. Choose a location for it to insert within the messages you will create (I chose Top of Message)

6. Choose Save and give it a meaningful name. I chose to name mine, "Share In Outlook".

After a few seconds (maybe 5 or 10) it should appear under the "services" option when right-clicking on a file in the finder.

(I am running OS X 10.9.5)

restart microsoft word. I had the same problem. Changed default email application to outlook through Mail App and through Outlook App, and then restarted Microsoft Word and finally it works.

For me, the issue was that I couldn't mail a PDF from the Print menu using Outlook; it always pulled up Mail instead. I found the work around for that at: http://www.officeformachelp.com/2010/11/print-to-pdf-and-attach-to-outlook-for-m ac/. I now have a "Attach PDF to Outlook Message" option when I hit the PDF drop down in the print menu. That's a little bit different than this initial post, but it's what I was looking for when I got here.

And that did the trick! Easy. This answer should be ported to top.

Hi,

Every time I try to select Outlook as the default app and close out my preferences, when I go back in, that box is un-checked again. Do you know what might be causing this issue?

Thanks!

Not possible in latest MacOS, but....

To work around this behavior, set Outlook to be the default application in Apple Mail preferences. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Run the Mail application.
2. On the Mail menu, click Preferences.
3. Click the General tab.
4. For Default email reader, select Microsoft Outlook.

Problem solved.

No, unlike Windows, which tries to support EVERYTHING, these guys support EVERYTHING APPLE. Good luck getting this issue resolved.

But you have to setup mail once to get this option...

This worked for me. Hope it does for you!

http://osxdaily.com/2014/05/06/change-default-mail-app-mac/

I have tried all of the above, my problem is when I save outlook emails to correspondence files and then wish to open them later they open in mail. Michael I have tried what you suggested and found that outlook was not an option to chose from please see screen shot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This fixed it for me.

May have already been covered by others, but this was clear and concise.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3027171

It's true, If you have not set up an account in Mail, you can not change the default mail client. I have a number of Mac computers in my office. With some I was able to change the default mail application to Outlook. From among those some open Outlook when I'm selecting File > Share > Send Document (from Word) some still open Mail. With other systems I change the default mail application in Mail, but when I open the Mail Preferences dialog, Mail is once again the default application. It looks like you have about a 25% chance of being able to set the correct application for attaching files from Office applications.

I found you needed to restart Mail and Powerpoint, etc., afterwards to make the changes stick. But works a charm.

Hey,

Once you set the default mail reader as Microsoft Outlook, a restart of the laptop is required. Hopefully this should help! This should work with both 2011 and 2016 version of outlook.