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On my Mac (Catalina Version 10.15.5), I'm not able to change my default browser to Google Chrome.
When I go to Settings -> General, under Default Web Browser, I only see options for Safari and Firefox. When I open my Chrome settings and click on Make default, I get a notification saying
Do you want to change your default web browser to "com.google.Chrome" or keep using "Safari"?
I click on Use com.google.Chrome but it doesn't do anything and links still open in Safari. Any ideas on what might be happening and how to fix?
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Launch System Preferences from your Mac's Dock, from the Applications folder, or from the Apple menu bar ( -> System Preferences...). Select General, the first icon in the preference panel. Click the dropdown menu next to "Default web browser" and select your choice from the list of installed browsers.
Press “Windows” + “I” to open the settings. Click on the “Apps” option and select “Default Apps” from the left pane. Apps section in Settings. Click on the “Reset” button under the “Reset to the Microsofts Recommended Defaults” heading.
In my case there was a pending update of Chrome. After re-launching it the option for setting Chrome as default bowser was available again in:
Apple menu > System Preferences -> General -> ”Default web browser”
That happened to me as well. One thing I noticed was that in the upper right corner of the Chrome browser window there was an "Update Chrome" button.
After updating Chrome and letting it restart, Chrome once again appeared in the list in the System->General->DefaultBrowser drop-down widget.
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I had the same exact problem immediately after a kernel panic restart and I was able to resolve this by performing a system reboot. After the reboot, chrome was restored as my default browser. My laptop is a work laptop and the chrome policy is managed by my employer, FYI.
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