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Controlling Safari's PDF display: Viewing documents inline, with another application, third-party plug-ins
Current versions of Safari are able to access PDF documents in a number of different ways. It can display the documents inline (in the Web browser window) without the use of a plug-in, it can use the Adobe Preview plug-in to display documents inline with added controls, or it can pass PDF viewing duties off to another application like Adobe Reader or Apple's own Preview.app.
Unfortunately, the method used for display is not always the one desired by the user. There are several ways to control this behavior.
First, if it is present on your system, you can launch Adobe Reader (located in /Applications by default) and open its preferences (from the Adobe Reader menu). Go to the "Internet" section, and look at the options. If you would like Adobe Reader to launch when you access a PDF in your Web browser, place a checkmark next to "Display PDF in browser using:" and select Adobe Reader from the list.
If you would like to use the Adobe Preview plug-in, un-check the "Display PDF in browser using:" option, and place a check next to "Allow fast web view."
If your browser still insists on launching Adobe Reader when you would not like it to, navigate to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and remove the following file:
- AdobePDFViewer.plugin
Note that if you are using an Intel-based Mac and would like Adobe Reader to launch when you view PDF files in your browser, you may have to locate Safari application icon, click it, then perform a "Get Info" command (either from the "File" menu or via the Command-I keyboard combination) and select the option to "Open using Rosetta." This will significantly degrade speed, but allow the two applications to work properly together, both in PowerPC-mode.
If you would like to view PDFs using Safari's built-in mechanism, simply remove the aforementioned Adobe plug-in, and turn off the aforementioned options in Adobe Reader ("Display PDF in browser using:" and "Allow fast web view.") then quit and re-launch Safari.
Another alternative some users have found preferable is the use of Schubert, a third-party PDF browser plug-in that provides great flexibility and controls, and allows you to instantly open PDFs in Adobe Reader or Preview if need be,
Feedback? Late-breakers@macfixit.com.
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Presently there are no alternatives for previewing PDF files within Safari that are Intel compatible.
I suggest that you know what the hell you are talking about before listing crap for information.
There is a workaround for PDF Browser Plugin on Intel Macs. Netscape 7 is still PPC-only and on Intel Macs it opens up through Rosetta. It is not slower than other browsers and it works well with this plugin. Note that the new Netscape (SeaMonkey) is already Universal and does not work with the plugin.
When you encounter a link to a PDF file on a web page, there are a couple of ways of getting it to open in Apple's Preview app. Control-click on the link to bring up a contextual menu, and click "Download Linked File?" to safe it into your default download folder. Or control-option-click and select "Download Linked File As?" to get a file save dialog. Then open the saved file in Preview. Alternatively, you can let Safari render the file in a browser window. Then control click in the window, and select "Open with Preview".
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I was able to resolve Adobe Reader 9.2 & Safari conflicts by opening Safari in 32 bit mode, and then reinstalling the Reader plug-ins. I do not believe that downgrading Safari to Rosetta is necessary.
- by jllnet February 3, 2010 12:10 PM PST
- It is awesome that Safari opens up PDF document online, but it does offer the same options, functionality such as page numbering, bookmarks, etc. so for printing is not that great.
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(10 Comments)Is there a way to force Preview to open the PDF links instead of Safari's? I don't use Adobe Reader and keep in mind that I'm using Safari on Mac SnowLeopard 10.6. Thanks for the help !