Default browser etc. under 10.4

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#1

Does anyone have working code that can return the default browser (applicable to mail client ect for bonus points) under 10.4?

I have been using…

on DefaultBrowser()
	set creatorType to word -1 of (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.LaunchServices |grep -C5 E:html  | grep -w LSBundleSignature ")
	set {text:creatorType} to (text of creatorType) as text
	tell application "Finder"
		(application file id creatorType) as alias
	end tell
end DefaultBrowser

But this method doesn’t function under tiger. I know that setting the defaults has moved to each of apple’s apps (Mail, Safari etc.) in 10.4. This is a poor decision that smells bad to me, but that’s neither here nor there. I’d love to know the ins and outs of Apple’s current method for determining the appropriate app to launch for all types if someone has a handle on it.

Model: MBP C2D 2.33
Browser: Safari 419.3
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.4)

#2

Hi Paul,

try it this way, it works (also) in Tiger:

on DefaultBrowser()
	try
		set creatorType to (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.LaunchServices | grep html")
		set {TID, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, quote}
		set creatorType to text item 4 of creatorType
		set text item delimiters to TID
	on error
		set creatorType to "com.apple.safari" -- if the browser has never been changed, there is no entry
	end try
	tell application "Finder" to (application file id creatorType) as alias
end DefaultBrowser
#3

That errors for me in the Finder block, Stefan, but this is what I use:


try
	set defaultBrowser to (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.LaunchServices | grep 'http;' | cut -d \\\" -f 2")
on error -- if not listed, then the system default
	set defaultBrowser to "com.apple.safari"
end try
tell application "Finder" to set DB to name of (application file id defaultBrowser)
#4

Hi,

Isn’t the default browser stored somewhere in ~/Library/Caches/?

gl,

#5

Hi kel,

prove it yourself:

go to ~/Library/Caches/ (view as list), sort by “Date modifed” and change the default browser
What happens? :wink:

#6

Hi Stefan,

I don’t have Tiger, but read somewhere that in Tiger the database for LaunchServices was stored there. Just thought I would mention it if someone didn’t know that and might want to check it out.

Edited: come to think of it, maybe it was in the local /Library/Caches/.

gl,

#7

You’re right, kel, in /Library/Caches there are a few cache files of launch services ,
but they don’t contain the information of the default browser.
Parsing the com.apple.LaunchServices.plist is the right way to get it