Default .md app

The dream is simple: double-click a .md file and it opens in Bliss instead of Notepad or TextEdit. Both platforms get you there; Windows makes you finish the last step in Settings.

macOS

1. Select a .md file in Finder.
2. File → Get Info (or ⌘I).
3. Under “Open with,” choose Bliss.
4. Click “Change All…” if you want every Markdown file to follow.

You can also right-click → Open With → Bliss, or use Bliss’s own “Make default” control when the app offers it. macOS Launch Services handles the association the usual way.

Windows

Bliss registers as a candidate handler for .md at install. Modern Windows no longer lets apps quietly seize the default — the OS protects that choice. Bliss can open Settings for you; you pick Bliss yourself.

1. In Bliss, use “Make default” (or open Settings → Apps → Default apps).
2. Or press Win+R, run ms-settings:defaultapps, then find.md / Markdown and choose Bliss.
3. Confirm Bliss is listed for Markdown files you care about.

There is no supported one-click “set default for me” API that sticks. Deep-linking into Default apps with clear guidance is the standard flow now — not a half-finished installer.

If double-click still opens something else

• Check the association again (Get Info on Mac; Default apps on Windows).
• Open once via right-click → Open with → Bliss, then retry the default.
• You can always open from inside Bliss (File → Open or Recent) while you sort the OS preference.

Next: Getting started if you haven’t walked through edit and save yet.