I want to change the default browser...

[Azrael]

Is there a way to tell OS X to use a different web browser as the default for clicked links and such? I use OmniWeb for most of my browsing and having Mail open IE when I click on a link is damn annoying. Is there anything I can do besides copy&pasting the link?

 

[davidbrit2]

It's pretty easy to do, although it's rather hidden. First, open System Preferences, then open the Internet pane. Click the Web tab, and you should see where to go from there.

 

[mr_mac_x]

Too bad it still opens IE if there's a html file and you double click it. Stupid type/creator codes.

 

[apb3]

mr. mac x:

I think there are at least two ways to change type/creator codes without use of the terminal. One is called super get info or something. I saw both on versiontracker.

I haven't used either, though. I just keep omniweb in the dock so I drag any html file on top of it and omniweb opens it.

 

[davidbrit2]

You can easily make a tiny little shell script that will strip a list of input files of their type and creator codes.

#!/bin/sh
/Developer/Tools/SetFile -c \?\?\?\? -t \?\?\?\? $*

Just chmod the file to 755, and put it somewhere convenient. Then just type the script's name followed by a list of files, and the codes will be removed.