README.md

auto-switch-defaultbrowser

A guide to auto switch defaultbrowser with crontab on MacOS. Started with my needs and this is actually just a note. Feel free to follow through.

Prerequisite

brew install defaultbrowser

Installing

Cloning & Setup

Clone the repository. This will setup a folder at ~/.scripts/; feel free to change but please do update the shell script by yourself.

mkdir ~/.scripts && cd ~/.scripts
git clone git@github.com:sunderipranata/auto-switch-defaultbrowser.git
cd auto-switch-defaultbrowser
osacompile -o ~/.scripts/confirm-system-dialog.app ./confirm-system-dialog.applescript
chmod +x auto-switch-defaultbrowser
cd

Then add the following path to your .profile or .bashrc or .zshrc and source it.

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.scripts/auto-switch-defaultbrowser

then you should reload the terminal, or run this (depending or where you put the path) source .zshrc

Try it yourself

Try changing the default browser manually (without confirmation pop up from the OS)

auto-switch-defaultbrowser firefox
auto-switch-defaultbrowser chrome

Note: The supported browser will refer to https://github.com/kerma/defaultbrowser Note: you should enable the permission first from system settings!

Automation

copy your PATH contents:

echo $PATH

create crontab:

EDITOR=nano crontab -e

and insert

PATH=[copy the path]
0 8 * * 1-5 auto-switch-defaultbrowser firefox >> /tmp/cron.out 2>&1
0 18 * * 1-5 auto-switch-defaultbrowser chrome >> /tmp/cron.out 2>&1

Feel free to change the cron to your needs. https://crontab.guru/ will surely help you! :)

Peek logs:

tail ~/.scripts/logs/auto-switch-defaultbrowser.log
tail /tmp/cron.out