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lal_truckee - 02 Jun 2004 22:43 GMT

When I clik on a URL in mail or post, my OS X opens Safari to handle it;
I want to open Firebird. I can't find where the application to use for
URLs is declared - some guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks

P.S. is there a Thunderbird group somewhere?

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Klaus-Peter Friedl - 03 Jun 2004 00:22 GMT

> I want to open Firebird. I can't find where the application to use for
> URLs is declared

In 'System Preferences' go to the 'Internet' panel. Look up the 'Mail'
and 'Web' Tabs to customize for your favorite applications.

:: kpf

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lal_truckee - 03 Jun 2004 21:24 GMT

>> I want to open Firebird. I can't find where the application to use for
>> URLs is declared
>
> In 'System Preferences' go to the 'Internet' panel. Look up the 'Mail'
> and 'Web' Tabs to customize for your favorite applications.

I don't have an "Internet" panel in "System Preferences. Should I have?
I have a plain vanilla 10.3.3 installation; nothing custom. Should I
start complaining to Apple?

However, your advice got me to the proper location in the Help, where I
discovered I could set the preferred "html opening" application as a
Safari Preference when running Safari; it would never have occured to me
that Apple wanted me to use Safari to tell the system not to use Safari.
Kind of a round about way to set a system parameter, IMO. What's up with
that, Apple? Anyway, I set the Safari Preference to Firefox, which
seemed to work.

So, thanks for the hint - it worked, as a hint to get me started.

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Brion Vibber - 03 Jun 2004 21:53 GMT

> ... it would never have occured to me
> that Apple wanted me to use Safari to tell the system not to use Safari.
> Kind of a round about way to set a system parameter, IMO. What's up with
> that, Apple? Anyway, I set the Safari Preference to Firefox, which
> seemed to work.

And in case you haven't noticed, you can set Thunderbird to be the
default mail client in the preferences for Mail.app.

You can also use the Internet control panel in Classic (!) or a
third-party utility like RCDefaultApp to change these settings
(including news: URLs etc).

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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chas_m - 21 Jun 2004 07:44 GMT

> I don't have an "Internet" panel in "System Preferences. Should I have?

No, the other poster was mistaken. You can set your default Mail and Web
prefs in (no, I don't get it either) Safari. Or Internet Explorer.

You can remedy this oversight by Apple by downloading the free RC
Default Apps system pref panel. Check versiontracker or macupdate for a
copy. It will grant you full control over what opens what, internet-wise.

> However, your advice got me to the proper location in the Help, where I
> discovered I could set the preferred "html opening" application as a
> Safari Preference when running Safari; it would never have occured to me
> that Apple wanted me to use Safari to tell the system not to use Safari.

I know. Weird.

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