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--- gnupg_thunderbird [2013-11-07 15:51] – jane
+++ gnupg_thunderbird [2013-11-07 17:11] – jane
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-====== Set your default key on OS X 10.9 ======
+====== Set your default GnuPG key pair on OS X 10.9 ======
-Let's say that you created more then one key pair. From now on, you would like to use the key with the id 00X00Y07 as your new default key.
+Let's say that you created more then one key pair. From now on, you would like to use the key with the id 10X01Y07 as your new default or primary key.
   - Open up Terminal (Application>>Utilities>>Terminal)
-  -  <code>mdfind gpg.conf</code>
+  - TextEdit comes preinstalled on your machine and offeres you a gui but feel free to open following document with a different text editor <code>open -a TextEdit ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf</code>
-  - You should see two file path as an output. Now let's ignore the path for Thunderbird because we can use a gui setting as well if we like to change it. Copy the file path and type <code>open -a TextEdit yourfilepath</code>
+  - Search for the text snippet "default-key".
-  - Replace the previous id with your new default e.g. "default-key 00X00Y07" and save the file
+  - Remove the comments character (#) if needed. Now add your key id. e.g. "default-key 10X01Y07" after default-key
-  - Come back to the Terminal and test your setting by signing a document
+  - Save and close the file
+  - Come back to the Terminal and test your new default key e.g. <code>gpg --clearsign  /Users/fiona/Documents/helloworld.txt</code>
+  - The following output should confirm your new settings.
+Find out more:
+[[http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html | GnuPG manual]]
+[[tfp|
+Go back to the party]]