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There\u2019s a lot of controversy over the Apple-Google relationship. Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue it earns from search advertising made through the Safari browser, the main economics expert for Alphabet Inc. old Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Murphy, a University of Chicago professor, disclosed the number during his testimony in Google\u2019s defense at the Justice Department\u2019s antitrust trial in Washington. This revenue cut is due to a deal between Google and Apple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of opinions on legality, you might want to use or try another search engine as your default search option in Safari for various other reasons. (Maybe you want a search engine without a bunch of AI features crammed at the top?) Thankfully, making the switch is easy. Here’s how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Launch Safari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Select Settings<\/strong> from the drop down menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Choose
Choose Settings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Click Search<\/strong> (located in the row of icons along the top of the window).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Click
Click Search<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Click the Search Engine menu<\/strong> and choose between Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Ecosia. (Chrome isn\u2019t a choice, though Im not sure why.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Click
Click the Search Engine menu<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Select the red and black X<\/strong> in the upper-left corner of the Preferences<\/strong> interface to complete the process and return to your browsing session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you prefer to use a search engine other than Google in Safari, it’s easy to switch. Here’s how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":88069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7597,4],"class_list":["post-87758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mac-tips","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Change the Default Search Engine in Safari for Mac<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you prefer to use a search engine other than Google in Safari, it's easy to switch. 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