Why does my terminal open with "Basic" settings I have a laptop running OS X 10.9.2 and 10.7.5.

On both I use Terminal extensively.

I have Terminal set up open with Homebrew settings on startup on both 10.7 and 10.9.  The issue occurs when I close all open tabs and Terminal windows with ⌘ + w, so that the app is still running but there are no windows visible.

The behaviour of Terminal on 10.7.5 is as I would expect. When I open a new window with ⌘+n the new terminal window opens with "Homebrew" settings.

The behaviour with 10.9.2 is not what I would expect (maybe I need to have it explained).  Again if all windows are closed but Terminal is left active and I start a new window using ⌘+n the new window has "Basic" settings instead of "Homebrew". I have checked this behaviour and it is consistent on both a MBP and Mini I have running with Maverics.

Is this behaviour normal?

If so, is there a way to modify it, so that Maverics behaves like 10.7?
You probably just missed a setting. The "Default" button makes whatever you have selected in the Preferences menu the default.


(Selected in red)

I do find it kind of annoying that you can't set Terminal to just open with the default settings, so you have to change it in two places. edit - turns out I'm completely wrong, it does change the Startup automatically if you change the default. I guess I had the same problem as OP :P