Example default web browser plist
22 Sep 2013 | Last updated: Never
If you wish the set a preference to automatically set the default web browser to something other than Safari, use the following snippet. More information on using this can be found in "MCX: Configure default web browser".
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>LSHandlers</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<string>COM.EXAMPLE.APPNAME</string>
<key>LSHandlerURLScheme</key>
<string>http</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<string>COM.EXAMPLE.APPNAME</string>
<key>LSHandlerURLScheme</key>
<string>https</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerContentType</key>
<string>public.html</string>
<key>LSHandlerRoleViewer</key>
<string>COM.EXAMPLE.APPNAME</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerContentType</key>
<string>public.url</string>
<key>LSHandlerRoleViewer</key>
<string>COM.EXAMPLE.APPNAME</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Replace "COM.EXAMPLE.APPNAME" with the web browsers bundle identifier.
Save the file as com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
.