[X-Newbies] Re: haveing trouble open a pdf attachment... (it's working...)

[Richard Ramsowr]

First let say that I finally have gotten my
QuickSilver to understand what itÕs suppose to do with
a PDF attachment or file - and the old girl is again
working will with PDF files plus as a bonus - by
removing NortonÕs crap the old girl is purring like a
young cat again - so all is well around the home fires
this afternoon and I own you all a big ÒTHANK YouÓ -
and a special thanks goes to Charles Martin for his
help and good input!

rich thefireguy
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--- Charles Martin <chasm at mac.com> wrote:

> > From: Richard Ramsowr <r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net>
> >
> > Good Morning Charles
> >
> > You wrote...
> > Attention: you own a Mac. You do not get viruses.
> >
> > WOW I just removed my copy of Symantec/Norton and
> > rebooted my QS and I canÕt believe just how much
> > faster the old girl is running now that
> > Symantec/Norton is off of her back! That was best
> > advise I have ever received on line from anyone -
> > THANKS!
> 
> Very glad to be of service.
> 
> > Also thanks for the heads up on Preview. So when I
> get
> > a new PDF Reader reload I trust all should be back
> to
> > normal (what ever that is these days)
> 
> Safari can actually read PDFs in-browser without
> Acrobat Reader's  
> plug-in (which overrides Safari's own PDF reader
> when installed). I  
> find Safari's method to be quicker and less painful
> than waiting for  
> Acrobat's in-browser plug-in to load, but it's of
> course more basic  
> as well.
> 
> In a nutshell, with PDFs that come to you from
> websites, you have  
> three options:
> 1. Safari will open the PDF in-browser. Make sure
> that the  
> AdodePDFViewer.plugin is NOT present in
> Library/Internet Plug-Ins (or  
> move it to the Disable Plug-Ins folder therein). As
> of Tiger,  
> Safari's default behaviour is to handle PDF files
> "in-line" by itself.
> 
> 2. Adobe Acrobat will load in-browser and view the
> PDF. Move the  
> AdobePDFViewer.plugin OUT of the disabled folder (or
> install Acrobat  
> Reader in Applications, which will automatically
> update/replace/ 
> install a plug-in in Library/Internet Plug-Ins) and
> into the Internet  
> Plug-Ins folder.
> 
> 3. Force Safari NOT to view PDFs in browser, instead
> ALWAYS saving  
> them to the Desktop. Close Safari, open the Terminal
> application,  
> paste in the following line:
> defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport
> -bool YES
> and hit return. Now relaunch Safari.
> (to restore Safari's default behaviour, re-paste the
> line above  
> changing YES to NO)
> 
> > Again thanks for the input and big time help - I
> trust
> > that I might call upon you from time to time for
> more
> > of those little ÒPearlÕs of WisdomÓ!
> 
> I'll be here! :)
> 
> Cheers
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