Timeline for Change web search engine for Spotlight
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| S Jul 8, 2021 at 20:10 | history | suggested | Alper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarified the answer as it does not actually work with the macOS stipulated in the OP and improved grammar.
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| Jul 8, 2021 at 20:07 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jul 8, 2021 at 19:47 | comment | added | maanijou | Yes you're correct this is only for Mac os 11.x. I had this problem and reached this page. I thought it will be nice to put my solution in here for current users of Mac | |
| Jul 8, 2021 at 19:45 | comment | added | Alper | Your description is correct only for Big Sur (11.x) and perhaps the upcoming Monterey (12.x). However, the OP states that the macOS in question is Catalina (10.15.7). In recent but prior versions of macOS to Big Sur, if the default browser is not Safari, Spotlight uses Google as the default web search engine no matter what Safari’s default search engine is as described in [@Allan’s answer] (apple.stackexchange.com/a/406028/359458) to this question. | |
| Jul 8, 2021 at 18:59 | history | edited | maanijou | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
More explanation
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| Jul 8, 2021 at 18:14 | history | edited | maanijou | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Add clarification about default search engine in safari and default browser in mac
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| Jul 8, 2021 at 18:12 | comment | added | maanijou | The problem is about spotlight opening results in another search engine. Mac os spotlight uses default search engine setting in safari to show the results. In this case it gets default search engine in safari (for example google, or ddg) and uses that to open search result page in default browser (in this case firefox). So spotlight just uses the safari default search engine and does not depend on default browser's search engine. I had this problem and even my default browser is firefox and can confirm this works. | |
| Jul 8, 2021 at 14:40 | comment | added | Alper | The OP states that the default browser in the aforementioned computer is Firefox, not Safari. Changing the default search engine in Safari would not change that on Firefox. | |
| Jul 8, 2021 at 9:28 | history | notice added | nohillside♦ | Needs detailed answers | |
| Jul 8, 2021 at 8:52 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jul 8, 2021 at 8:34 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 8, 2021 at 8:32 | history | answered | maanijou | CC BY-SA 4.0 |