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MacBook Pro can't open in Firefox, always goes to Safari

robertsonjones
robertsonjones
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I have a MacBook Pro - OS X, 10.8.2, and want the default browser to be Firefox, not Safari.

The consistent advice is: Safari/Preferences/General and showing Firefox as the default browser. I have done this, and when I start up I keep getting Safari, not Firefox. I can then click on Firefox from the Launchpad and it comes up and works fine; I would just like to avoid the extra steps I take to quit Safari and start Firefox. The Apple representative with whom I spoke took me through the above steps and was baffled that it didn't work. She suggested that I contact Firefox, so that's what I am doing. Please help. There must be some setting I have inadvertently done to myself.

Thanks. Rob Jones

I have a MacBook Pro - OS X, 10.8.2, and want the default browser to be Firefox, not Safari. The consistent advice is: Safari/Preferences/General and showing Firefox as the default browser. I have done this, and when I start up I keep getting Safari, not Firefox. I can then click on Firefox from the Launchpad and it comes up and works fine; I would just like to avoid the extra steps I take to quit Safari and start Firefox. The Apple representative with whom I spoke took me through the above steps and was baffled that it didn't work. She suggested that I contact Firefox, so that's what I am doing. Please help. There must be some setting I have inadvertently done to myself. Thanks. Rob Jones

Chosen solution

Hello robertsonjones, quit Safari and then go to Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > Preferences > Trash the com.apple.Safari.plist

or go from : Finder > Go menu > Go To Folder type ~/Library/Preferences click Go scroll find com.apple.Safari.plist , and Trash the folder.

this is in case that safari preferences are not saved


thank you

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  • Question details
    Product Firefox
    Topic Customize controls, options and add-ons
    System Details
    • Mac OS X 10.8
    • Firefox 17.0

Additional System Details

Installed Plug-ins

  • Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502
  • The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
  • Microsoft Office for Mac SharePoint Browser Plug-in
  • Displays Java applet content, or a placeholder if Java is not installed.
  • The Flip4Mac WMV Plugin allows you to view Windows Media content using QuickTime.
  • 5.1.10411.0

Application

  • User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0

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Hello robertsonjones, quit Safari and then go to Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > Preferences > Trash the com.apple.Safari.plist

or go from : Finder > Go menu > Go To Folder type ~/Library/Preferences click Go scroll find com.apple.Safari.plist , and Trash the folder.

this is in case that safari preferences are not saved


thank you

Hello robertsonjones, quit Safari and then go to Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > Preferences > Trash the com.apple.Safari.plist or go from : Finder > Go menu > Go To Folder type '''~/Library/Preferences''' click Go scroll find '''com.apple.Safari.plist''' , and Trash the folder. this is in case that safari preferences are not saved thank you
robertsonjones
robertsonjones
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Solved my problem!! Thanks!!

Solved my problem!! Thanks!!