[X4U] Setting the default pdf reader

[Eddie Hargreaves]

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!! And a large PDF can
> really slow Safari down in a way that it won't if it's downloaded
> separately and opened in Preview. What I'd really like is for a PDF
> to be downloaded to a temp directory or browser cache and opened in
> Preview from there. But 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. Once you have disabled
Safari's built-in PDF-viewing capability, if you have enabled Safari's "Open
'safe' files after downloading" preference, it will automatically open PDF
files in your default PDF application after they've been downloaded.

Disable Safari's ability to handle PDF files
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050422040229515

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Eddie Hargreaves