If you don't see the program you want to use as the default, click the arrow next to Other Programs to see a list of programs available on your computer. If no other programs are installed that are able to open the file type or protocol, your choices will be limited.) 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 all text documents (txt, rtf, etc) will open in TextEdit. (If you don't see Other Programs, or your program is not listed, click Browse to find the program you want to use, and then click Open. Each file type has a default application that is associated with it on the Mac. From now on, all files of that type will open with the default app you selected. Open Default Programs by clicking the Start button and then clicking Default Programs.Ĭlick Associate a file type or protocol with a program.Ĭlick the file type or protocol that you want the program to act as the default for.Ĭlick the program that you want to use as the default for the file type you selected, or click the arrow next to Other Programs to show additional programs. Now click on the dropdown menu, select a new default, then click the Choose All button. If a program does not show up in the list, you can make the program a default by using Set Associations. Use this option to choose which programs you want Windows to use, by default.
