Why macOS Keeps Resetting Your Default Browser (and How to Fix It Forever)

If you're a Mac user who prefers Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Arc, or any browser other than Safari, you've probably experienced this frustrating moment: you restart your Mac after an update, open a link from another app, and boom — Safari opens. Again. macOS has a long-standing bug where it silently resets your default browser and email client after certain system restarts or updates. The same happens with email clients — Thunderbird, Betterbird, Spark, and Outlook users regularly find themselves ba