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hajime

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Jul 23, 2007
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Hi, I bought a rMBP 15" running Mountain Lion recently. Whenever I click to a link that points to a pdf file, a window is opened with the url of that pdf file location shown. However, the window is in blank white. No file is being downloaded nor opened. Could you please let me know how to fix this problem? Never had such issue on my old MBP running Snow Leopard. Thanks.
 

benwiggy

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Jun 15, 2012
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Are you talking about Safari, or another browser (or app)?

Have you installed Adobe Acrobat or Reader?

If you want to view PDFs directly in Safari:
1. Delete the Adobe PDF plug-in in: /Library/Internet Plug-ins

2. Type (or copy) the following command into Terminal:
Code:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool false
 

hajime

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Jul 23, 2007
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Are you talking about Safari, or another browser (or app)?

Have you installed Adobe Acrobat or Reader?

If you want to view PDFs directly in Safari:
1. Delete the Adobe PDF plug-in in: /Library/Internet Plug-ins

2. Type (or copy) the following command into Terminal:
Code:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool false

Thanks. I am talking about Firefox. I installed Adobe CS6 Master Collections including Acrobat X Pro.

Should check if I have the same problem with Safari as well. I am using another Mac right now.
 

benwiggy

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Jun 15, 2012
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Firefox is (or was) a bit different in how it handles PDFs. Are you sure they're not being downloaded?

I don't use FF myself. The days when it fixed all the problems that Safari had are long gone. But I'd be surprised if there weren't some instructions somewhere for how to display PDFs inline in FF.
 

Newmacer2

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Aug 14, 2009
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Firefox is (or was) a bit different in how it handles PDFs. Are you sure they're not being downloaded?

I don't use FF myself. The days when it fixed all the problems that Safari had are long gone. But I'd be surprised if there weren't some instructions somewhere for how to display PDFs inline in FF.

I'm having the same problem. PDFs will open in Safari, but not Firefox. I prefer Firefox, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
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