3/22/2019 0 Comments Default Browser For Mac Os XHow to Change the Default Web Browser in Mac OS X Changing the default web browser in prior versions of Mac OS X is also very easy, but regardless of what browser you want to use as default, you adjust the setting through Apple’s web browser, Safari. Change the default browser in OS X Yosemite (10.10) or later Step 1: Open the Apple Menu by clicking on the logo in the top left corner and choose System Preferences. Mac OS X is one of the most advanced operating systems in the world, renowned for its user-friendliness and clutter-free setup. There was one very little irritant in the past versions of OS X with respect to the default browser setting. Previous versions of Mac OS X had Safari set as the default browser right from the outset. Change Default Web Browser Mac Os XTo change this setting and make another browser as the default one, you needed to launch Safari and set it there. Third-party browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox bundled the “set default browser” setting with their browsers. Ultimately, you had to open a browser to alter this setting. Fortunately, the latest OS X version Yosemite changes this. Yosemite comes with the default browser choice as an OS-level setting. In Yosemite, you will find that the system’s default browser setting is placed in the System Preferences pane and not within the Safari browser.
Remember that? Safari is a perfectly good web browser and offers most of the features of its competitor web browsers, including autofill for forms and credit card details, secure password storage, and the ability to request that websites do not track you. Given Apple’s recent focus on privacy, it’s not unlikely that Safari will soon be the best option all round for Mac users who want to surf the net securely and without handing over personal data. However, there are perfectly good reasons why you might want to use a different browser. Performance is one of them. While Safari is pretty speedy, for some users in some circumstances it’s slower than Chrome or Firefox. Or it might be that there are extensions you need that are only available in Chrome, or perhaps a website you use regularly doesn’t work properly in Safari. What is a default web browser? Before we get to how to change your default web browser, it’s worth considering what a default web browser is and does. Put simply, it’s the web browser that opens a link when you click on it in an email or other document. Set Default Web Browser Mac Os X![]() If you use Spotlight and click on a result from the web, it will open in your default browser. In fact any task that opens a URL will be performed in that web browser. It doesn’t mean, of course, that you can’t use other browsers to surf the net. So, if you just need to access specific sites in Chrome or Firefox, you don’t need to change your default browser. Even if Safari is you default browser, you can open any link in another browser, by holding down the Control key when you click on it and selecting Copy Link, then paste it in the address bar of any browser you like. How to set the default browser in macOS El Capitan or later, and OS X Yosemite Apple changed the way you set the default browser in OS X Yosemite and it has remained the same since then.
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