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searchlight firefox search uses google instead of default duck duck go

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Macos sonoma m1 - firefox is default browser, duck duck go is default search engine

When doing a search directly from searchlight options, firefox uses google search instead of the duck duck go default.

All other searches from within firefox uses the default correctly.

Macos sonoma m1 - firefox is default browser, duck duck go is default search engine When doing a search directly from searchlight options, firefox uses google search instead of the duck duck go default. All other searches from within firefox uses the default correctly.

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Hi, unfortunately it looks like Apple is using the settings from Safari, rather than using the search mode in Firefox. Firefox can't do much about this, as it is being given a URL to load.

Hence, you'll need to change your default search engine settings in Safari.