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.