I currently use Outlook as my default email client. In EndNote X7 for Mac, when I try to email an attached PDF it says that Mail has to be the default to do so. Is there anyway to change the default mail client in EndNote X7? Thanks.
Anyone know how to do this? Thanks in advance.
It would be a question of setting the default mail client on the Mac to Outlook instead of Mail. You can try these steps:
- Open Outlook.
- Click the Outlook menu > Preferences > General.
- Click to make Outlook the default.
Next, do the same in Mail:
- Open the Mail application.
- Click the Mail menu > Preferences >General.
- Set Default mail reader to Outlook.
Thanks for the reply. Outlook is set to my default email on my Mac. However, when I try to email an attached PDF file from my endnote it gives the message “This e-mail option requires that Mail be the default e-mail client.” Is there a way to change this setting so that it works with Outlook?
I am unfortunately stuck with Outlook due to my work.
I did some additional research on this for you. It appears to be a currently limitation of the software. I apologize for the inconvenience. Even sending an attachment through the operating system may require some manipulation of the Mac OS as you can see in this forum post:
You can see a workaround that was provided here:
You can see additional steps that others have tried here:
http://macmost.com/forum-set-outlook-as-default-mail-client.html
You can certainly try some of the suggestions posted to see if they work for you.
I will be updating the existing request to support using Outlook as the default mail client. You can also share any suggestions here:
http://community.thomsonreuters.com/t5/EndNote-Product-Suggestions/bd-p/en-suggest
Dear Jason Berman,
This should be fixed. You cannot expect users of different email clients change their defult mail provider. Please make sure there will be an option in the next Endnote update where you can in “preferences” type inn the prefered email adress where the pdf should be sent to.
Thank you in advance for making sure this happens. You are the best! 
Sincerely,
Simen
I work with EndNote version X7.5.3 and still experience this problem. You apologized for the inconvenience, but this was nearly 3 years ago!
Apparently this inconvenient bug it is not planned to be fixed? I use Thunderbird as default mail software, not Apple Mail - which is perfectly supported by Mac OS X. Yet EndNote ignores this system setting.
Bugs should be fixed! :smileysad
I use X7 and use Outlook as my default client. (MS Office 365) In Outlook preferences, it is set to be the default email client. I have Thunderbird still loaded on my computer because I occassionally need to reference an old email or address that didn’t migrate to Outlook. When I try to email from EN it automatically selects TBird to send the email. I don’t want that to happen but rather for it to send through Outlook. How can I change this? I agree with the previous responders on this thread that there needs to be a way to select from within EN the default email provider.
Thank you.
Please fix this bug. Give the option to users to set and change their default email - also add an option to attach multiple citations/files in an email. So far you can only attach one. This is an expensive product and we expect/rely on high quality - let it be such of high quality when it comes to settings. Thanks.
In 2021 and with Endone 20.1 still stuck with the Apple Mail app. Why should we configure our all workflow to Apple Mail?
Is it possible to upgrade Endnote and acknowledge that there are other mail apps available and used by customers?
Thanks
In 2021 and with Endone 20.1 still stuck with the Apple Mail app. Why should we configure our all workflow to Apple Mail?
Is it possible to upgrade Endnote and acknowledge that there are other mail apps available and used by customers?
Thanks