I am trying to configure Firefox on macOS to not prompt the user to make it the default browser.
I am using the following script to create the profile and set the user pr… (read more)
I am trying to configure Firefox on macOS to not prompt the user to make it the default browser.
I am using the following script to create the profile and set the user preferences after installing Firefox by copying `Firefox.app` from the downloaded DMG:
```
- !/bin/sh
open -a Firefox.app --args -CreateProfile default
sleep 1
write_userpref() {
USER=$(whoami)
PROFILE=$(ls -1 "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/" | grep -E "\.default$")
cat << EOF > "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/${PROFILE}/user.js"
// mandatory comment?
user_pref("app.update.auto", false);
user_pref("app.update.disable_button.showUpdateHistory", false);
user_pref("app.update.enabled", false);
user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", "");
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.topsites", false);
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);
user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false);
user_pref("browser.discovery.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.defaultbrowser.notificationbar", false);
user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
user_pref("browser.shell.didSkipDefaultBrowserCheckOnFirstRun", false);
user_pref("browser.shell.skipDefaultBrowserCheckOnFirstRun", true);
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
user_pref("experiments.enabled", false);
user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false);
user_pref("update_notifications.enabled", false);
EOF
}
write_userpref
open -a Firefox.app --args -new-tab -P default "about:blank"
sleep 3
osascript -e 'quit app "Firefox"'
sleep 2
open -a Firefox.app --args -P default about:blank
```
Here's the behaviour I'm seeing:
- Firefox starts to an `about:blank` tab, however there is a second "Firefox Privacy Notice" tab
- AppleScript quits Firefox
- Firefox starts to an `about:blank` tab, however it is now prompting me to make it the default browser
I do not want Firefox to prompt the user to become the default browser.
My ideal scenario is that Firefox starts without the "Firefox Privacy Notice" tab and without prompting me to make it the default browser. From the observed behaviour, this doesn't seem possible.
Can anyone tell me how I can accomplish this without user interaction or MDM?
