PDF downloading

[msazbubble]

Hi,

I recently removed Adobe Reader from my mac and changed the default setting to use Preview to open pdfs.

However, now whenever I click on a pdf download, the download box doesn't appear and the download doesn't happen. I know it works because it is downloading other file formats such as word and .mp3

Instead, an internet window is opening with presumably the URL for the download and the window itself is blank.

Does anyone know what my problem is and can help?

Thanks !

 

[MisterMe]

Hi,

I recently removed Adobe Reader from my mac and changed the default setting to use Preview to open pdfs.

How did you change the default settings?

However, now whenever I click on a pdf download, the download box doesn't appear and the download doesn't happen. I know it works because it is downloading other file formats such as word and .mp3

...

Questions about downloading files are often meaningless without a link to the specific files that you are trying to download. At the very least, post a screenshot of the website from which the file is being downloaded.

 

[msazbubble]

How did you change the default settings?

Questions about downloading files are often meaningless without a link to the specific files that you are trying to download. At the very least, post a screenshot of the website from which the file is being downloaded.

I right-clicked on a pdf file and selected it to open with Preview and selected the option for all files of the .pdf type to open with Preview.

And the downloading/opening is everywhere. I was trying to open the specification for my course from edexcel (which I know works because in frustration I went and did it on my old PC and brought it accross on a USB).

It's not just not downloading them, though that is the biggest problem; it also won't open web pages that are based on pdf.

I have no idea what I've done !

 

[ScoobyMcDoo]

Choose Help->Installed Plugins and see if Safari still thinks it has the acrobat plugin.

If it is still there, I'm not sure how to resolve it. I think the first thing I would try is to delete the plist file for safari.

 

[msazbubble]

Choose Help->Installed Plugins and see if Safari still thinks it has the acrobat plugin.

If it is still there, I'm not sure how to resolve it. I think the first thing I would try is to delete the plist file for safari.

Yeah I think so, is it the bit at the top?

 

[ScoobyMcDoo]

Found this in another post - you might try it:

Navigate to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins. You should see the AdobePDFViewerPlugin there. If you don't have one already, created a directory called Disabled Plugins. Move the AdobePDFViewPlugin there and restart Safari.

Safari should use its embedded PDF viewer instead of Adobe. You can check Safari's Help->Installed Plug-ins menu to see that Adobe is no longer included in the list of loaded plugins.

You might also want to learn about using MRoogle to find answers more quicly.

 

[msazbubble]

There's nothing in my Library/Internet Plug-ins folder.

Thanks anyway for the help !

 

[ScoobyMcDoo]

On my machine, it is not in ~/Library/Internet... it is in the system library: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins