Default Browser

An Alfred workflow to set the default web browser.

Usage Note

• Set the default web browser using the keyword (default: sdb).
• The macOS browser change confirmation dialog is automatically accepted.

• ⏎ Set as default browser
• ⌘⇧⏎ Blacklist the application
• ⌃ View the file path of the application

Utility: Use the workflow's File Action (name: Bundle Identifier Information) to retrieve an application's bundle identifier (Legacy).

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Compiled Version (command line)

See Details

The executable can be used to change the default browser from the command line: ./set_default_browser tor

Recompile

In your terminal:

mkdir set-default-browser
cd set-default-browser
swift package init --type executable

This will generate the following structure for you:

.
├── Package.swift
├── README.md
├── Sources
│   └── set_default_browser
│       └── set_default_browser.swift
└── Tests
    └── set_default_browserTests
        └── set_default_browserTests.swift

Replace the contents of set_default_browser.swift with the contents of the included main.swift.
Replace the contents of Package.swift with the contents of the included Package.swift

In your terminal, run:

swift build -c release

The executable is located in .build/release/ (hidden folder) and is called set_default_browser. release is a symbolic link and, in my case, the path reads: /.build/arm64-apple-macosx/release/set_default_browser. Depending on your system, this might differ.

Copy the executable and replace the version that comes with the workflow.

Some Popular Browsers

 Name			| Bundle Identifier
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Safari			| com.apple.Safari
Google Chrome		| com.google.Chrome
Firefox			| org.mozilla.firefox
Opera			| com.operasoftware.Opera
Brave Browser		| com.brave.Browser
Tor Browser		| org.torproject.torbrowser
Microsoft Edge		| com.microsoft.edgemac
Vivaldi			| com.vivaldi.Vivaldi

Credit

• J. W. Bargsten