More Internet is a System Preferences pane that uses Internet Config to allow you to choose which applications are set as helpers for internet protocols (i.e. which application will be chosen to handle which URL.)
Apple's own Internet Preference Pane only allows you to set Mail and Web applications - More Internet allows you to change (or add/remove) any of the internet protocols.It performs the same function as the "protocol helpers" pane in Microsoft's Internet Explorer's preferences.
What's New
Version 2.1.0
Universal Binary - now loads on Intel Macs.
Improved French Localisation. (Thanks to Sylvain Tutusaus)
Sorry for the confusion, folks, the developer's info.plist file is full of contradictory version info. e.g.
BundleVersion is specified as 123
ShortVersion is specified as 2.1.0
We were working off of the ShortVersion -- this should normally be 1.2, I'm not sure why the developer has it entered as 2.1.0
There is a mention of 1.2 in the info.plist, but rather than being a value that's specified as just "1.2" it's specified as "More Internet version v1.2" which goes against Apple's versioning guidelines.
It's important for the version numbers on MU to reflect what version number value an app itself is reporting so MacUpdate Desktop and some of our other tools can properly work.
tried adding pitbull to the list of protocol and had no effect on safari or firefox
why is setting a protocol handler in OSX so F!@#@! impossible!! This has got to be my biggest gripe with Apple. Really LAME.
[Version 1.2]
Anonymousreviewed on 28 Jul 2005
Try RCDefaultApp if More Internet is giving you problems.
[Version 1.1.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 23 Jul 2005
More Internet version 1.1.1 doesn't work with 10.4.2 Tiger. Tried to set 'irc' handler and it doesn't change anything, it might as well not even be there, since it still tries to open in safari which says "Safari can't open “irc://...” because Mac OS X doesn't recognize Internet addresses starting with “irc:”.
[Version 1.1.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 17 Feb 2005
Doesn't work for me. It says: "There was a problem setting the app as the helper."
What problem? What ca I do?
[Version 1.1.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 12 Aug 2004
Great! Works like it should, easy clean interface too. Please, only use it if you know what you're doing though.
I'm using it on MacOS X 10.3.5, no crashing, unlike previous users reported.
[Version 1.1.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 13 Jul 2004
Where in sys prefs? Please share with us.
[Version 1.1.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 23 May 2004
Worked great under earlier OS X versions, but under 10.3 it causes System Preferences to crash on my Mac. Which isn't surprising since the developer hasn't updated this app in a long time.
I recommend RCDefaultApp instead. It does everything More Internet does (minus the 10.3 crashing), as well as allowing you do explicitly *disable* URL schemes. And its developer is still maintaining it.
Works well. I hate Apple's seemingly nasty idea of forcing you to use Safari and Mail to tell your System that you don't want to use them, if you know what I mean. Seems they are trying to learn from Microsoft who tried to force you to use IE.
[Version 1.1.1]
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Anonymouscommented on 14 May 2004
"Comment by kiwigray: Works well. I hate Apple's seemingly nasty idea of forcing you to use Safari and Mail to tell your System that you don't want to use them, if you know what I mean. Seems they are trying to learn from Microsoft who tried to force you to use IE. (3/21/2004, Version: 1.1.1"
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More Internet is a System Preferences pane that uses Internet Config to allow you to choose which applications are set as helpers for internet protocols (i.e. which application will be chosen to handle which URL.)
Apple's own Internet Preference Pane only allows you to set Mail and Web applications - More Internet allows you to change (or add/remove) any of the internet protocols.It performs the same function as the "protocol helpers" pane in Microsoft's Internet Explorer's preferences.
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BundleVersion is specified as 123
ShortVersion is specified as 2.1.0
We were working off of the ShortVersion -- this should normally be 1.2, I'm not sure why the developer has it entered as 2.1.0
There is a mention of 1.2 in the info.plist, but rather than being a value that's specified as just "1.2" it's specified as "More Internet version v1.2" which goes against Apple's versioning guidelines.
It's important for the version numbers on MU to reflect what version number value an app itself is reporting so MacUpdate Desktop and some of our other tools can properly work.
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(couldn't figure out how to modify my last post?)
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analcomplainer reviewed on 19 Dec 2006
tried adding pitbull to the list of protocol and had no effect on safari or firefox
why is setting a protocol handler in OSX so F!@#@! impossible!! This has got to be my biggest gripe with Apple. Really LAME.
Anonymous reviewed on 28 Jul 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 23 Jul 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 17 Feb 2005
What problem? What ca I do?
Anonymous reviewed on 12 Aug 2004
I'm using it on MacOS X 10.3.5, no crashing, unlike previous users reported.
Anonymous reviewed on 13 Jul 2004
Anonymous reviewed on 23 May 2004
I recommend RCDefaultApp instead. It does everything More Internet does (minus the 10.3 crashing), as well as allowing you do explicitly *disable* URL schemes. And its developer is still maintaining it.
You can do this in System preferences too.
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