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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / April 2007How do I make Adobe Reader automatically open in Safari?
I am running Safari 2.0.4 and Adobe Reader 8.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a MacBook Pro (Intel based). I would like things so that when I choose to open a .pdf document in Safari that the viewer within Safari is Adobe Reader. What happens is that I get a dialog which states in effect that AdobePDFViewer cannot find a compatible version of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader and then requires me to navigate to the Applications folder and select Adobe Reader 8 and then things open as desired. Is there a way to avoid this step and just have Adobe Reader open automatically? Many thanks in advance for advice and hints and such!  SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > I am running Safari 2.0.4 and Adobe Reader 8.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a > MacBook Pro (Intel based). I would like things so that when I choose to open [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Many thanks in advance for advice and hints and such! You need to have a suitable .plugin in Library/Internet Plug-Ins. I recommend not using Adobe for this as it is slow and unwieldy, I use PDF Browser Plugin.plugin 2.2.3 by Manfred Schubert Signaturedorayme > In article <0001HW.C2353AF4002EEE40B022094F@news.supernews.com>, > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I recommend not using Adobe for this as it is slow and unwieldy, I use PDF > Browser Plugin.plugin 2.2.3 by Manfred Schubert I might have known that the first reply would come from the ever productive mind of dorayme! Many thanks for your advice. AdobePDFViewer.plugin already exists within Library/Internet Plug-Ins. Is there something I need to do to get it to work as I wish? SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com >> In article <0001HW.C2353AF4002EEE40B022094F@news.supernews.com>, >> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > AdobePDFViewer.plugin already exists within Library/Internet Plug-Ins. Is > there something I need to do to get it to work as I wish? After having posted the above I deleted AdobePDFViewer.plugin and the Adobe Reader application. I then reinstalled the application. Now when I open a .pdf via Safari I no longer get the "cannot find a compatible version of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader" dialog. Instead the .pdf opens directly in Safari. If I then Command-Click I am presented with the option of opening the file in Adobe Reader. It was a fairly recent change to Safari which allowed the direct viewing of a .pdf file. I'm wondering if that change is why I have been unable to have the .pdf open where Reader is directly subservient to Safari. SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > > In article <0001HW.C2353AF4002EEE40B022094F@news.supernews.com>, > > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > AdobePDFViewer.plugin already exists within Library/Internet Plug-Ins. Is > there something I need to do to get it to work as I wish? In that case I can only suggest this: if someone runs Safari 2.0.4 and Adobe Reader 8.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.9, please send the plugin you have to TaliesinSoft. And, TaliesinSoft, when you get it or get a new plug in from elsewhere (Adobe?, Apple?), throw out your old one and replace. My plugins are in the Internet Plug-Ins folder at top level, not in users. There is nothing in the users folder of that name. If you have this arrangement, try duplicating all the plugins (either by aliasing or the real thing: hold option key down and drag files from one folder to the other. But do consider my above recommendation about alternative pdf viewer, faster and more efficient, which I got from someone else and elsewhere a while back. Signaturedorayme [continuing in the discussion as what I need to do to have an Adobe Reader 8 document open directly in Safari 2.0.4] > In that case I can only suggest this: if someone runs Safari 2.0.4 and > Adobe Reader 8.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.9, please send the plugin you have to [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > faster and more efficient, which I got from someone else and elsewhere a > while back. My Internet Plug-Ins folder is at the top level and not subservient to a user account. When you refer to "alternative pdf viewer" is that a viewer other than Adobe Reader? SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > My Internet Plug-Ins folder is at the top level and not subservient to a user > account. When you refer to "alternative pdf viewer" is that a viewer other > than Adobe Reader? Yes! I gave you all the clues for it in my first reply. You won't be disappointed. I don't think? Signaturedorayme >> My Internet Plug-Ins folder is at the top level and not subservient to a >> user [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Yes! I gave you all the clues for it in my first reply. You won't > be disappointed. I don't think? But what you gave was not a solution to my posted problem of how to get Adobe Reader to open directly within Safari, but instead was a "pointer" to a $70 software package to substitute for Adobe Reader. Although I hadn't said so in my posting there was a very specific reason why I wanted to use Adobe Reader, I am using it in a class I am teaching and would like those attending to have the option of duplicating my configuration. In the meantime another person posted a solution in this thread to my query and now all is working well. SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > > Yes! I gave you all the clues for it in my first reply. You won't > > be disappointed. I don't think? > > But what you gave was not a solution to my posted problem of how to get Adobe > Reader to open directly within Safari, but instead was a "pointer" to a $70 > software package to substitute for Adobe Reader. Eh? The pdf reader referred to by me is totally free for personal use. See <http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/> > I wanted to use Adobe Reader, I am using it in a class I am teaching > and would like those attending to have the option of duplicating my configuration. PDF is PDF? Configuration? Have they all got Macs? So they can all have the free low overhead plugin spruiked by me above. <g> Signaturedorayme > In article <0001HW.C23693B6002507A8B022094F@news.supernews.com>, > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > <http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/> What I found was the following: "PDF Browser Plugin 2 is free for not-for-profit activities if used at home or at educational institutions." The free use wouldn't apply to all of those in the class. >> I wanted to use Adobe Reader, I am using it in a class I am teaching and >> would like those attending to have the option of duplicating my >> configuration. > > PDF is PDF? Configuration? Have they all got Macs? So they can all have > the free low overhead plugin spruiked by me above. <g> All of those in the class will have Macs. Briefly, what does the plugin you so like (at least as it appears to be so) do that isn't available with Adobe Reader? SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > Briefly, what does the plugin you so like (at least as it appears to be so) > do that isn't available with Adobe Reader? smaller, neater, quicker. Signaturedorayme >> Briefly, what does the plugin you so like (at least as it appears to be so) >> do that isn't available with Adobe Reader? > > smaller, neater, quicker. OK, I'll give it a try and report back. It might not be for a couple of days. SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com >>> Briefly, what does the plugin you so like (at least as it appears to be >>> so) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > OK, I'll give it a try and report back. It might not be for a couple of days. I had a bit of spare time this morning and thought I'd give PDF Browser Plugin a try. I installed it in one of my user accounts but unfortunately couldn't get it to work. I've sent a request for help to the implementors. I did note that the latest downloadable version predates the release of Adobe Reader 8 by a year. SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > I am running Safari 2.0.4 and Adobe Reader 8.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a > MacBook Pro (Intel based). I would like things so that when I choose to open [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Many thanks in advance for advice and hints and such! There is a check-box in Adobe Reader's "Internet" preference to display PDF in browser using Adobe Reader. You have to set it in an administrator account, and it applies to all users. (Adobe still doesn't understand multiuser operating systems.) >> I am running Safari 2.0.4 and Adobe Reader 8.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a >> MacBook Pro (Intel based). I would like things so that when I choose to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > account, and it applies to all users. (Adobe still doesn't understand > multiuser operating systems.) Malcom, Many thanks! The secret was, as you stated, switching to the administrator account and setting up Adobe Reader from there. Now things are working as I wanted them to! Jim SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com > > I am running Safari 2.0.4 and Adobe Reader 8.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a > > MacBook Pro (Intel based). I would like things so that when I choose to [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > administrator account, and it applies to all users. (Adobe still > doesn't understand multiuser operating systems.) I don't think Adobe PDF anything are quite comfortable on Macs. Signaturedorayme |
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