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khardy - Oct 7, 2005 - 10:35 pm
I am currently unable to open pdf files in my Safari browser (it was previously working). I have the Mac OS X 10.4.2. When I select the file to open, I now get an initial window asking me to select an Adobe reader or browser to use. I do not have an adobe reader and I am unable to select the Preview option. When I close that window and reselect the pdf file, Safari opens up a blank window. I did try to download the Adobe reader but it would not work in Safari. The Preview program works to open pdf files that I had previously downloaded. I understand that the new Safari should open pdf's directly within Safari rather than with Preview. Any suggestions?
LovesMacs - Oct 7, 2005 - 11:05 pm
HI Krista,
Sounds like you might have a corrupted preference file for your PDF software.
Safari will only work with the Mac PDF "Preview"...
You can download and use Adobe Acrobat Reader, but you don't need Safari open to do that. I know some financial web sites only use Adobe so I understand.
Ok... we need to get your bad file ... follow this path:
MacintoshHD>Users>Library>Preferences Open the Preferences folder and locate this file: com.apple.preview.plist
Drag that file to the Trash, then empty the Trash.
Now, double click one of your PDF files and see if Preview will open for you. If not here's what you can do to tell Preview to launch whenever you want to view a PDF file:
To open all PDF documents in Preview:
In the Finder, select a PDF document.
Choose File > Get Info.
Click Open with.
Choose Preview from the pop-up menu, and click Change All
Also, it's a very good idea when a preference file acts buggy to run Disk Utility and Repair Permissions. If you are not familiar with this, go to: MacintoshHD>Applications>Utilties. Locate "Disk Utility". Double click Disk Utility to open it. When the window opens, select your MacintoshHD in the left panel so it's highlighed. Then click the Repair Permissions button. It takes about a minute for this to run. It's very important to run Disk Utility at least once a week.
If you do not have a good maintenance utility that is easy to use and really does the job well, go to:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...ties/onyx.html
Download Onyx. It's a FREEWARE utility. Follow the installation instructions. Launch Onyx. Click the Maintenance button and click all the boxes so they are checkmarked. DO not check: Optimize the System... just Update. Then click Execute at the bottom. Unless you leave your Mac on 24/7, it can't run these routine tasks on its own ... and most Mac users rely on this kind of utility to do it for them.
Ok... if you need further assistance, please post back!
Carolyn :-)
Sounds like you might have a corrupted preference file for your PDF software.
Safari will only work with the Mac PDF "Preview"...
You can download and use Adobe Acrobat Reader, but you don't need Safari open to do that. I know some financial web sites only use Adobe so I understand.
Ok... we need to get your bad file ... follow this path:
MacintoshHD>Users>Library>Preferences Open the Preferences folder and locate this file: com.apple.preview.plist
Drag that file to the Trash, then empty the Trash.
Now, double click one of your PDF files and see if Preview will open for you. If not here's what you can do to tell Preview to launch whenever you want to view a PDF file:
To open all PDF documents in Preview:
In the Finder, select a PDF document.
Choose File > Get Info.
Click Open with.
Choose Preview from the pop-up menu, and click Change All
Also, it's a very good idea when a preference file acts buggy to run Disk Utility and Repair Permissions. If you are not familiar with this, go to: MacintoshHD>Applications>Utilties. Locate "Disk Utility". Double click Disk Utility to open it. When the window opens, select your MacintoshHD in the left panel so it's highlighed. Then click the Repair Permissions button. It takes about a minute for this to run. It's very important to run Disk Utility at least once a week.
If you do not have a good maintenance utility that is easy to use and really does the job well, go to:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...ties/onyx.html
Download Onyx. It's a FREEWARE utility. Follow the installation instructions. Launch Onyx. Click the Maintenance button and click all the boxes so they are checkmarked. DO not check: Optimize the System... just Update. Then click Execute at the bottom. Unless you leave your Mac on 24/7, it can't run these routine tasks on its own ... and most Mac users rely on this kind of utility to do it for them.
Ok... if you need further assistance, please post back!
Carolyn :-)
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