Does OSX have native PDF viewer?

[whitefang]

I installed Acrobat but does OSX come with a native PDF viewer already?

 

[EricNau]

Yes; it is called Preview.app and is located in your applications folder.

 

[anim8or]

Preview.

 

[winterspan]

I installed Acrobat but does OSX come with a native PDF viewer already?

The PDF format uses what is basically a version of the print-language postscript and OSX uses postscript in it's graphics system for display so it can natively understand how to render it.

short answer: Preview.app

 

[ashjamben]

really useful too, you can search which is a function i never noticed on acrobat on pc

 

[whitefang]

I looked for a preview.app in my applications and couldn't find it??

 

[BlueRevolution]

really useful too, you can search which is a function i never noticed on acrobat on pc

It's there.

Preview is significantly faster, though.

 

[whitefang]

I uninstalled Acrobat and now PDFs open in ColorSync Utility??? I can't locate the Preview.app?

 

[DoFoT9]

I uninstalled Acrobat and now PDFs open in ColorSync Utility??? I can't locate the Preview.app?

preview... its just called preview! spotlight it.

 

[whitefang]

I spotlighted it, I still can't find it. Where is it? Maybe installing Acrobat automatically removed it?? How would I go about installing it then?

EDIT: I think I might have deleted it. How would I install Preview again?

 

[DoFoT9]

I spotlighted it, I still can't find it. Where is it? Maybe installing Acrobat automatically removed it?? How would I go about installing it then?

EDIT: I think I might have deleted it. How would I install Preview again?

no it WOULD NOT have uninstalled it.. i cant get why you cant find it!!! its there!!

i have attached a picture of the Applications folder with Preview selected.

 

[whitefang]

Ok, I installed Preview. 2 things:

1) When I close the PDF that is opened from Preview, the Preview app itself stays open in the doc but the PDF is closed. If I click on the Preview Icon in the dock, nothing really happens. Is that the normal behavior?

2) When Safari tries to open PDF files, it tells me to select a Acrobat PDF viewer from the filesystem. I tried to select Preview but it's "greyed" out option. How do I make Safari use Preview?

 

[EricNau]

Ok, I installed Preview. 2 things:

1) When I close the PDF that is opened from Preview, the Preview app itself stays open in the doc but the PDF is closed. If I click on the Preview Icon in the dock, nothing really happens. Is that the normal behavior?

Absolutely. As with all applications in OS X, hitting the red button merely closes the window; if you want to quit the application choose "Quit" from the file menu or hit Cmd(Apple)+q on your keyboard.

 

[DoFoT9]

Ok, I installed Preview. 2 things:

1) When I close the PDF that is opened from Preview, the Preview app itself stays open in the doc but the PDF is closed. If I click on the Preview Icon in the dock, nothing really happens. Is that the normal behavior?

2) When Safari tries to open PDF files, it tells me to select a Acrobat PDF viewer from the filesystem. I tried to select Preview but it's "greyed" out option. How do I make Safari use Preview?

1. normal behaviour

2. no idea, cant safari open PDF's by itself??

 

[BlueRevolution]

2) When Safari tries to open PDF files, it tells me to select a Acrobat PDF viewer from the filesystem. I tried to select Preview but it's "greyed" out option. How do I make Safari use Preview?

Go into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins and delete the file called Adobe PDFViewer.plugin.

 

[whitefang]

Go into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins and delete the file called Adobe PDFViewer.

Ah yes, thanks that worked.