Using SearchMash instead of Google in Safari on OSX

OK, so having played around with SearchMash for a while I decided to set it as my search engine for Safari.

Not an easy task indeed, but here is the answer, just follow the following simple steps:

  • open a Terminal
  • run “vim /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari” (without the quotes)
  • hit the “:” key to enter command mode
  • paste in “%s/http://%@.google.com/%@?q=%@&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8/http://%@%@@searchmash.com/search/%@?ua=safari/” (again without the quotes) and hit enter
  • save and quit by typing “:wq”
  • restart safari

Enjoy! of course, I cannot guarantee you will not run into any problems – do the above at your own risk – but it worked for me 🙂

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