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How to set US English as default search?

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hypnoregeression
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I live in Indonesia. I switched to Firefox as my default browser because Chrome is slow and google is not going to support my OS.

I keep getting id.yahoo when I would like it to default to the US yahoo.

I use a Mac OS X 10.6.8

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I live in Indonesia. I switched to Firefox as my default browser because Chrome is slow and google is not going to support my OS. I keep getting id.yahoo when I would like it to default to the US yahoo. I use a Mac OS X 10.6.8 Doc

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Could you start by disabling or removing the three Spigot extensions? Those may be overriding Firefox's normal behavior. You can do that on the Add-ons page. Either:

  • Command+Shift+a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Extensions. Then on the right side, disable or remove Searchme, and disable eBay Shopping Assistant and Slick Savings.

Often a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step.

Does that restore normal Yahoo behavior, or does Yahoo still redirect? If it still redirects, check out this help article from Yahoo Singapore: https://sg.help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN2896.html

cor-el
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