Set Outlook as the Default Mail App in Mac OS

In order to perform some tasks, Mail Merge in particular, you need to have Outlook set as the default mail application. To do this, you need to open the Mac Mail application, configure an email account and then you can open preferences and follow the directions below.

For configuring an email account, I would recommend your gmail account as those are super simple to setup.

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.