default-browser

This is a tool that will set the default browser for the current user on a macOS device.

Usage

/opt/macadmins/bin/default-browser --identifier com.google.chrome

To set other browsers as the default, use the following identifiers:

• Google Chrome (the default if no identifier is passed): com.google.chrome
• Safari: com.apple.safari
• Firefox: org.mozilla.firefox
• MS Edge: com.microsoft.edgemac

Known issues

System Settings may not work correctly

If System Settings doesn't show all sections correctly after running, this tool, restart the machine. This is likely a timing issue with Launch Services, but we haven't reproduced it consistently. If you see that a restart doesn't fix the issue, you way wish to use the ---no-rebuild-launchservices flag. This will mean that you need to reboot after running the tool.