forcing apps to open with right app

[lowonthe456]

for whatever reason, pdfs refuse to auto open with acrobat. it still defualts to preview.

if i go to "open with" and manually choose the app and select :always open..."

that file will change to acrobat, but the other pdf's still default to preview


how do i change this globally?

 

[benlee]

for whatever reason, pdfs refuse to auto open with acrobat. it still defualts to preview.

if i go to "open with" and manually choose the app and select :always open..."

that file will change to acrobat, but the other pdf's still default to preview


how do i change this globally?

Click on a file of the type and get info. Then you should see a pull down menu of default apps. Under that there will be a change all button. Click that and you should be good to go.

 

[adrianblaine]

I don't have a helpful answer, but I was wondering what advantage opening a pdf with acrobat has over preview? Honestly just curious

 

[gr8tfly]

I was curious too. Leopard's PDF handling is lightning fast.

The only thing I need Acrobat for is a large PDF book with index. Haven't found a way for Preview to use the index, so it has to opened by chapter. Of course, with Coverflow, I can peruse the chapter's title page on-the-fly, then Quicklook to open.

 

[WildCowboy]

Certainly the full Acrobat program (not Reader) has more powerful PDF-editing tools than Preview. I need them rarely enough that I simply open Acrobat when I need to and allow Preview to handle the viewing the majority of the time. But someone who edits PDFs a lot would probably want Acrobat to be the default app.

 

[gr8tfly]

Authoring PDF - well, that makes sense... So used to being on the viewing end. Full Acrobat also has the fine control needed for commercial printing services.

 

[adrianblaine]

Certainly the full Acrobat program (not Reader) has more powerful PDF-editing tools than Preview. I need them rarely enough that I simply open Acrobat when I need to and allow Preview to handle the viewing the majority of the time. But someone who edits PDFs a lot would probably want Acrobat to be the default app.

You are right. I guess for some reason I took it as the reader.