User level: Level 1 (8 points)How do I get iMac to open in Safari, not Chrome, when I first sign in on the computer
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Original Title: Starting up
Posted on Oct 10, 2026 6:47 AM
User level: Level 10 (162,806 points)Oct 10, 2026 11:44 AM in response to Perry3950
How do I set Safari as the default browser ...
The answer to that [Re-Titled] question is Make Safari your default web browser on Mac - Apple Support.
... when I first sign in on the computer
... implies you want Safari to launch upon logging in to your Mac. Limnos provided the answer to that question.
Be advised that installing Chrome on Macs installs the entirety of Google's intrusive system-altering, constantly-running, always-uploading, information-harvesting and automatically-updating components. They are active all the time, whether you use Chrome or not, and whether it runs or not. That is not directly related to your question, but it may be relevant, considering its Original Title was "Starting up". That was a bit vague.
User level: Level 10 (462,771 points)Oct 10, 2026 7:16 AM in response to Perry3950
Apple icon on the main screen > Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions
use + or - to add or remove items from the list.
You don't say which Mac OS version you use. I use Sequoia but it's likely the same on other recent OS versions.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256373670