Switching Browsers (Preferred Browser) OSX 10.3

So, you don't want Safari to be your preferred browser? (horrors!) Well, I understand. But how do you change the browser preference? Great question.

For some reason with the advent of Panther Apple's engineers moved the browser preference out of the System Preferences and into Safari's preferences. Heh, I'd like to see the usability study that justified that move... but I digress. So, now, we have our browser preference hidden. Yuk. But, it's OK, we can still change it in a few simple steps.

* With Safari open, click on Safari in the menu bar
* Click Preferences
* When the Preference pane opens, clidk General
* at the top of the page, click the drop down box and select the browser you'd like as your default.

There you have it, a piece of cake to do, you just needed to know where to look.

Oh, why would you do this? Well, the default browser controls which browser gets opened up when you're reading e-mail and click on an active link and other such items.

Have fun!