Mac switch update
I've had my Mac PowerBook for two weeks now and I am still messing around trying to figure things out. The latest thing was trying to determine how to change my default browser from Safari to Firefox. It's not that I don't like Safari... it's just that I like Firefox so much and I haven't finished playing with it. Whenever I try to use the Mac help (which is frequently) it automatically opens up Safari and I immediately wish for Firefox. After two hours of trying to figure out how to change the default browser using the Mac Help and Apple Discussions I was totally frustrated and Googled it. A few pages in (I was that frustrated), I came across some useful instructions. It turns out that inorder to change your default browser setting you can't do this from the system preferences. Whaaaaat? To change your default browser setting:
- You have to open up Safari.
- Open the Safari menu.
- Click on Preferences.
- Default browser is the first option and there is a drop down menu of choices.
- Save your settings.
- Surf.
1 comments:
Just a warning that you'll find the same thing when you try to make Thunderbird your default email program - you need to set that in the mac's mail program...
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