[X4U] Setting the default pdf reader

[Eddie Hargreaves]

That is probably different than what the original poster is referring to.

1) If you double-click on a PDF file in the Finder, it will open your
default pdf application. To change that, use the Get Info window, as Wayne
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). That's where Steve's instructions are
useful.


On 8/1/06 3:41 PM, Steve Self <steveself at mac.com> wrote:

> Acrobat (and Reader) also has a preference that needs to be
> UNCHECKED. Prefs > Internet, uncheck first item...
> Otherwise it will appear in browsers and takes a lot longer to load
> than Preview.
> 
> 
> On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Wayne Wilkin wrote:
> 
>> Get info on the pdf, from there you can tell the system what
>> application to open pdf's with, Wayne.
>> 
>> On Aug 1, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Richard Bullen wrote:
>> 
>>> Is there a way to set the default application for opening pdf's?
>>> 
>>> My system has started opening doc's in Adope Reader 5 and I would  prefer to
>>> have it use Preview or at least A. Reader 7 which is resident  in the
>>> applications folder.