Make Tern your default browser

Make Tern your default browser and links you click in other apps, such as Mail or Slack, open in Tern. You choose which Space they land in.

Make Tern the default

On your first day, the Start page shows a Day 1 card with Make Default. Choose it and macOS asks you to confirm the change.

You can do the same at any time in Settings:

1. Open Settings.Choose Tern › Settings…, then General.
2. Find Default browser.It says which app opens links from other apps now.
3. Make the change.Choose Make Tern the Default, then confirm in the dialog macOS shows. The row then says Tern opens links from other apps.

Choose where links open

Each Space keeps its own sign-ins, so a link works best in the Space where you're signed in to that site. Under Default browser, Open links in decides where links from other apps go:

• The Space that's open is where you are when you click the link. This is where Tern starts.
• A Space by name sends every link there, whichever Space you're in.

Rules for some links

A Space can also claim links of its own: everything from Slack in Work, say, or every link to a site you use for a client. You add these rules to the Space itself, under Links that open here in its Rhythm… settings.

When a link arrives, Tern checks a rule for the app it came from first, then a rule for its site, and otherwise uses your choice in Settings. If a rule moves a link away from the Space you were in, a note says why and offers to open it in the Space you were in instead, such as Open in Home Instead. A rule can also ask each time. Spaces for your day shows how to set rules up.

Switch back

To stop Tern opening links, choose another browser as the default in System Settings. Tern's own Settings row then names the app that opens links, with Make Tern the Default beside it for when you want Tern back.