Comments on: Change the Default Web Browser in Mac OS X

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:29:19 +0000

I appreciate the person who asked the question as simple as it may seem to cyber tech folks. The only dumb question is the question not asked and then it’s stupid. One of the things that I do appreciate is the ‘Launch Pad’ on Lion – I have three browsers and have them for specific reasons. All them are very, very different and when Firefox throws that wrench when opening their browser, I just have remember that the cleaver Fox is attempting to break again. Just say NO.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:55:02 +0000

I’ll suggest another way with a free preference pane called RCDefaultApp 2.1 http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/

By: chandlery

chandlery — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:53:42 +0000

Thanks, I’ve just spent half an hour looking through all the settings and options in firefox! Seems like a bit of a daft place to put this setting.

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Click & Drag URLs in Twitter for Mac — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:47:51 +0000

[...] You can click and drag any URL in Twitter for Mac to another application, this is particularly helpful if you want to open a URL in a different browser rather than the default. [...]

By: Change Chrome to the Default Web Browser

Change Chrome to the Default Web Browser — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:42:00 +0000

[...] browser to whatever you want via the apps preferences, but if all else fails, you can always just set the default web browser in Mac OS X through Safari (yes, you use Safari to set the default even if you choose not to use Safari as the [...]

By: eddie

eddie — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:34:21 +0000

Same here. Everytime I restart, the setting reverts back to Safari as being default.

By: jose

jose — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:12:00 +0000

I downloaded Firefox and I’ve made it my default browser but every time that I restart my mac this setting automatically change to safari.

By: Griffo

Griffo — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:57:48 +0000

Why do you want to go back to Safari anyways…???

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:24:10 +0000

maybe she’s never touched a mac before? Also we are here to help remember

By: anon

anon — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:19:08 +0000

well this is a no brainer