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Mar 14, 2020 This is a common problem with Apple Mail that some users experience after updating their macOS. You try and launch the Mail app on your MacBook with macOS Catalina, but it crashes every time. Killing the Mail processes and restarting your MacBook doesn’t seem to help with the issue either.
Mail is likely the default email app on your Mac, but just in case you have others downloaded, you can set the default reader. Here's how: Launch Mail from your dock or the Finder. Click Mail in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click Preferences. Click the dropdown next to Default Mail Reader. Click the app you'd like to set as the default. Performing a factory reset on your MacBook or Mac can solve many macOS problems, and is essential if you're selling. Here's how to reset a Mac, whether it's an iMac, Mac mini or MacBook.
- Make sure that the other web browser is installed.
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click General.
- Choose a web browser from the ”Default web browser” menu.
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- Make sure that the other email app is installed. Although you might be able to use a web browser for email (webmail), a web browser isn't an email app.
- Open the Mail app.
- Choose Mail > Preferences, then click General.
- Choose an email app from the ”Default email reader” menu.
You might be prompted to add an email account before you can change the setting in Mail. If you don't want to do that, check the preferences of the other email app. You might be able to set a default email app from there.
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