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I have recently upgraded my macOS to Monterey 12.6.1. Now, when I click a link in an e-mail or on social media, Firefox will not open. I must manually open Firefox on my desktop before clicking the link. I cannot find a toggle in Firefox Preferences to change this behavior. How can I change this?

I have recently upgraded my macOS to Monterey 12.6.1. Now, when I click a link in an e-mail or on social media, Firefox will not open. I must manually open Firefox on my desktop before clicking the link. I cannot find a toggle in Firefox Preferences to change this behavior. How can I change this?

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See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/make-firefox-your-default-browser


Dropa said

Did you go through these instructions. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/set-firefox-default-browser-ios

iOS is the mobile OS for iPhone and older iPads. The OP is using macOS.