automator mac outlook new email default account not working

Now save the Automator action by going to the “File” menu and choosing “Save”, then give the Automator action an obvious name like “New Email Compose Shortcut.app” and make sure the ‘File Format’ is set to Application, then choose to Save this file somewhere easy to find like the Documents folder.

If the Automator action was successful as it should be, a new email message compose window should pop-up on the screen (you can close this when finished).

When satisfied, it’s time to test run the Automator action, so click the “Run” button in the upper right corner.

Optionally, fill in the details for the New Mail Message action, since this is aiming to be a template you’ll probably want to leave the “To” and “CC” sections empty, but you may want to adjust ‘Account’ to set the email account this action will use, and possibly a subject and generic Message body too.

Drag the selected “New Mail Message” action over to the right-side panel of Automator, the result should look like the image above.

For Microsoft Outlook for Mac: select the “Create New Outlook Mail Message” action.

For Mail for Mac: select the “New Mail Message” action.

From the left-side Actions menu, search for “New Mail Message” (or you can navigate to Actions > Library > Mail (or Outlook) > New Mail Message).

Pull down the “File” menu and choose “New” and then select “Application” as the type of Automator service you will create.

Launch Automator in Mac OS, it’s found within the /Applications/ folder.

How to Create a New Email Message Shortcut for the Dock with Automator in Mac OS This new email compose shortcut will be demonstrated with the default Mail app in Mac OS, but Microsoft Outlook can be used as well for the new email message compose shortcut, and many other email applications on the Mac can do this too as long as they support Automator actions.

Automator mac outlook new email default account not working