Set Mailto Interceptor as default email application.ģ. If Mailto Interceptor is not set as default email application, a setting sheet is shown. Other than the click of mailto: links in web browsers, Mailto Interceptor is launched also from share menu, Contacts application and so on.ģ. By setting Mailto Interceptor as default email application for the click of mailto: links, it launches without appearing and bouncing dock icon, does preferred behavior and quits automatically. Mailto Interceptor is not resident application. Pop up a menu for selecting the behaviors described above and launching of the specified email application When another application wants to send an email, it looks up the default and passes the email to the default mail program. Click the app youd like to set as the default. Click the drop-down next to Default Mail Reader. Click Mail in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Heres how: Launch Mail from your dock or the Finder.
Copy email address (with Option key, you can copy mailto: URL) Mac OS X - Setting the Default Mail Program The default mail program is the software that is registered with your operating system as the software that is to handle mailto URL's. Mail is likely the default email app on your Mac, but just in case you have others downloaded, you can set the default reader. Have you ever experienced the unintended launching of an email application by clicking mailto: links in web browsers? Usually, when you click mailto: links in web browsers, even if it is unintentional, an email application launches immediately.īy using Mailto Interceptor, you can select the following behaviors for the click of mailto: links: