For example when I highlight something in the Mail app and right-click to search for it on Google, it opens Safari instead of my system default Chrome. How do I go about changing this?
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How to set a system default browser?
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The right-click option, "Search with Google" is provided by Safari and isn't changed when you change the default browser.
The best solution, adding a menu item to search with Chrome, is shown here at the Stack Overflow website. It's very easy to do.
The best solution, adding a menu item to search with Chrome, is shown here at the Stack Overflow website. It's very easy to do.
There's a very handy preference pane to set default apps named (appropriately) "RCDefaultApp":
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/
It's old, but still working fine with El Capitan.
Probably works in Sierra as well.
Free, and worth trying.
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/
It's old, but still working fine with El Capitan.
Probably works in Sierra as well.
Free, and worth trying.