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Objektiv

Objektiv Logo Objektiv is a utility that lets you switch your default browser easily. You might find it useful if you're a web designer or use multiple browsers in your workflow.

Install

The app works with Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) onwards.

You can either download Objektiv or install it via homebrew: brew install objektiv

Features

  • A status-bar icon for quick access
  • An optional global hotkey triggers an overlay window for even quicker switching
  • Pressing Option (⌥) in the status menu lets you hide browsers that are incorrectly detected

Screenshot of the Objektiv overlay window

Usage

Due to the recent changes in MacOS 10.10+, applications are now incapable of switching the user's default browser silently without a confirmation message. Please set Objektiv as your default browser in your System Prefences > General and everything will work as normal.

Building & Running

Objektiv requires CocoaPods in order to be built.

After cloning this repository, run:

$ pod install

in order to grab dependencies. Also, make sure that you open Objektiv.xcworkspace, not Objektiv.xcodeproj.

Copyright & About

Objektiv was built by the former web development company nth loop to solve a problem they were facing and to learn all about developing Mac Apps. It might be ridiculously over-engineered for such a simple utility.

Copyright 2012, nth loop. Objektiv is available under the MIT License.

Contributors

  • Anks, original developer
  • xrivatsan, original developer
  • Vorror, major bugfixes and making the tool work with present-day macOS

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