Change the Search Engine in Safari on Mac

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we're going to show how to change the default search engine in Safari on the Mac.

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   To start with, open Safari and do a simple search for "widgets" and press "enter". Notice that the default search engine is set to Google.

   

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   You can change the search engine by clicking "Safari" near the top-left corner of the screen.

   

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   Then, click "Preferences..." in the menu. You can also use the "command" + "," keyboard shortcut to bring up the preferences.

   

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   Now, click the "Search" icon in the menu along the top of the window. The icon is a magnifying glass.

   

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   Click the "Search engine" drop-down menu.

   

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   Instead of using Google, you can click "Yahoo", "Bing", "DuckDuckGo", or "Yandex". For this tutorial, let's click "Bing".

   

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   Then, close the menu by clicking the red button in the top-left corner.

   

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   Click the search input field.

   

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   Press "enter". You will now receive web search results from Bing.

   

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