[X4U] pdf preference in safari

Nick Scalise nickscalise at cox.net
Tue Jan 17 08:24:42 PST 2006


> From: Mitchell Senft <ms53 at optonline.net>
> 
> Had to use Acrobat Reader recently (had something that just doesn't  
> work in Preview but does in AR).
> 
> Now it's made itself the app for opening pdf documents in Safari, but  
> I want to use Preview for that.
> 
> Had the problem before and was told the fix was to find a saved pdf  
> doc, click on it, open Get Info, and choose Preview for opening all  
> like this.
> 
> Worked that time but tried it this time a number of times to no  
> avail. Any alternatives?

Delete the Acrobat Plugin from /Library/Internet Plug-ins

Also, open Reader Preferences and in the Internet section, uncheck 'Display 
PDF in browser'. Uncheck 'Check browser settings...' too.

That ought to do it.

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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at cox.net



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