Safari won't open some PDF

HabSonic said:

Safari won't open some PDF files within the browser. Some will work and some are downloaded for no apparent reason.

Do someone knows how to fix this problem? I tried to delete Safari .plist and it didn't work.

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Can you give a URL for one that is downloaded? Sites can use a variety of methods to force files to be downloaded. Not a Safari problem.

I got same problem with Safari, it won't open certain PDF files for me.. e.g my electricity bill etc.

So now I use OmniWeb which opens every single PDF I have tried.

Most of the issues I have seen are caused by the Adobe PDF plugin overriding the native Preview/Safari interaction. Removing from the /Library/Internet Plug-ins folder the PDF Viewer plugin and then restarting the computer should resolve the issue.

I didn't use safari, it is slow in most time.

JediMeister said:

Most of the issues I have seen are caused by the Adobe PDF plugin overriding the native Preview/Safari interaction. Removing from the /Library/Internet Plug-ins folder the PDF Viewer plugin and then restarting the computer should resolve the issue.

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That didn't work for me at all!

The only solution I could find is use OmniWeb which works fine with all PDF files.

JediMeister said:

Most of the issues I have seen are caused by the Adobe PDF plugin overriding the native Preview/Safari interaction. Removing from the /Library/Internet Plug-ins folder the PDF Viewer plugin and then restarting the computer should resolve the issue.

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I think this might be my issue, but I don't see a PDF Viewer plugin in the /Library/Internet Plug-ins folder.

I downloaded Adobe reader because the one site won't let me proceed to the PDF until I did. After I got what I needed, I deleted Adobe because I prefer to use Preview. I suspect that's what happened to the PDF Viewer Plug-in, but I am not sure now how to get it back.

If that plugin is not in the specified location there's likely something else going on.

Here's what you need:

http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/

JediMeister said:

Most of the issues I have seen are caused by the Adobe PDF plugin overriding the native Preview/Safari interaction. Removing from the /Library/Internet Plug-ins folder the PDF Viewer plugin and then restarting the computer should resolve the issue.

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Thank you so much for this suggestion - I was having the same problem, and this fixed it completely! I look forward to the day when I can delete ALL Adobe software from my Mac, but that day still isn't today.