MacOS – What’s Firefox’s default browser helper plugin

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On a freshly installed Firefox there is a plugin named:

Default Browser Helper 537

It seems to be something from Apple but i couldn't find more information about it.

What is it and why it there?
Do we need it?


OS X 10.9 (and 10.9.1)
Firefox 25.0.1 (and 26)

Best Answer

I did some digging and documented my findings.

The plug-in is used to produce the below dialog. It can be triggered by Apple from inside any other web browser. It is unclear when and where this is used.

Would you like to go on Safari?