Making Safari my default browser

Chrome is my default browser. How do I change it back to Safari? It's not under System Preferences-General like what I keep finding online to do.

Posted on May 30, 2020 12:46 PM

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FoxFifth

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May 30, 2020 1:58 PM in response to blochmondy

It is in my System Preferences > General, but it is also in Safari Preferences. Try the following:

Open Safari.

On the menu named Safari, click Preferences.

At the top of that Preference window, click General.

At the top of that Preference window where it says "Safari is not your default browser" click Set Default.

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