[X4U] Setting the default pdf reader

[Stroller]

On 2 Aug 2006, at 18:02, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:

> On 8/2/06 7:47 AM, Stroller <macmonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2 Aug 2006, at 00:19, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
>>> ...
>>> 2) If you click on a link to a PDF in a web browser, it will use   
>>> its helper
>>> settings to determine whether to open the pdf in the browser  
>>> window  using a
>>> plug-in (Adobe, Apple) or to download the file and open it in a   
>>> separate
>>> application (Preview, Acrobat).
>>
>> Ok.. this bugs me. I have disabled the Adobe Acrobat plug-in for
>> Safari but Safari still opens PDFs linked to on the web inside
>> itself. I really hate this!! (but apparently not enough to work for
>> myself out how to disable it!!)
>>
>> Safari is a web-browser, not a PDF reader!!
>> ... I'd be happy to accept Safari's previous
>> behaviour of downloading the PDF to the Desktop and opening it - does
>> anyone know how to achieve this, please?
>
> The following hint should do exactly what you want. ...
>
> Disable Safari's ability to handle PDF files
> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050422040229515

TYVM.
I shall save this in my useful hints folder - that gets referred to  
every time I install OS X, so you can rest assured that your help has  
been VERY useful.

Stroller.