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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)   - Open up Terminal (Application>>Utilities>>Terminal)
-  - TextEdit comes preinstalled on your machine and offeres a gui but feel free to open following document with a different text editor <code>open -a TextEdit .gnupg/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>
   - Search for the text snippet "default-key"   - Search for the text snippet "default-key"
-  - Remove the comments character (#) if needed and add after default-key your key id. e.g. "default-key 00X00Y07"+  - Remove the comments character (#) if needed. Now add your key id. e.g. "default-key 10X01Y07after default-key
   - Save and close the file   - 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>   - 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+  - 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]]
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