There's another way you can change a file type's associated app in macOS: Right-click (or Ctrl-click) on the file in a Finder window and select Get Info.

Customizing Windows 11: How to Change Default Apps Microsoft has made it harder to choose which apps handle standard file types. Follow these steps to set default apps for all your documents ...

Do you want to open a file type or link with a specific app? Here's how to change the default app settings on Windows 11.

If you can't change default app by file type in Windows 11/10, then reset the problematic app, remove file type association, etc.

But then, a few weeks later, you download a PDF file that's corrupted or incompatible with your new PDF reader app. Now you're stuck, and you can't open the file.

Apps that open files In macOS, you can change what app opens a specific file type from the file itself. Right-click a file that you want to change the default app that opens, and select Get Info.

If you want a different app to always open a particular file type, here's how to do it.

Here we’ll show you how to download files using Safari on a Mac, how to find them once they have downloaded, and how to change the location they download to should you wish to.

Use the Downloads area of the browser's settings to change Chrome's download location. Select Change to pick which folder ...

To change default hard drive from C: to D: in Windows 11/10, change the default save location for apps and files, move user ...