How to set iterm2 as the default terminal

[Dũng Trần-Dương]

Hi, 

I'm using MacOS Sierra, and latest stable iTerm at the moment. I've read a lot of discussions but non of it worked with latest MacOS I think.

I had tried Homebrew duti, I run this command to hope that it add URL scheme for Term

duti -s com.googlecode.iterm2 term

 I ran the defaults command to verify the change.

defaults read com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure

 },

                {

            LSHandlerPreferredVersions =             {

                LSHandlerRoleAll = "-";

            };

            LSHandlerRoleAll = "com.googlecode.iterm2";

            LSHandlerURLScheme = term;

        },

But duti keep returning Apple Terminal is the default Terminal.

❯ duti -x term                                                                                                                                                             281ms

Terminal

/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app

com.apple.Terminal

The strange thing is if I use Apple Terminal, ran the command

open term://home_dir

It launched iTerm app. Should I report this issue to iterm2 repository.

[George Nachman]

You might need to rebuild launch services database:

https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/rebuild-launchservices-fix-duplicate-entries-os-xs-open-menu/

I don't know anything about duti, but you can use this menu item to set it as the default terminal app:

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[Dũng Trần-Dương]

Hi,

I think I had already done this. Is that why the option had been grey out.

How can I force this option again for sure.

Thanks,

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[George Nachman]

That's pretty strange. I don't have a good answer—you might report this to the duti folks. Launch Services is a bit of a mystery to me, but they've spent a lot more time thinking about it.

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