Hello everyone,
I am new to macOS devices, I bought Macbook pro M1, and when I installed Skim pdf, for pdf viewing, the app fails to work because Apple cannot check for malware; even after following their steps to overcome this problem, Skim still doesn't work.
Besides asking this, I would also like to know how to set it up directly in Vim editor, as the default viewer.
Skim is a PDF reader based on the same Apple PDFKit framework as Apple's built-in Preview application. If you right-click on the Skim application and choose just Open, a verification progress bar will appear, and you may be told it is a third-party application and to Open it. Click Open.
However, with some applications, this does not work and it will tell you it cannot open it. Don't cancel, but do visit System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General panel. You should see in the Allow apps downloaded from section, that Skim appears there, and you can click open anyway. Once you have done that, the application will work as expected, or should.
Vim is a text editor and has nothing to do with viewing PDF. I suggest that you launch vim, and then do the following:
:help gx
That will provide the documentation that you need allowing you to configure your .vimrc/.gvimrc so you can hover your cursor over a PDF file name in a text document and open that PDF externally in either Skim, Preview, or Adobe Acrobat Reader. This can be used for other file types whose names may appear in a textual context.
Skim is a PDF reader based on the same Apple PDFKit framework as Apple's built-in Preview application. If you right-click on the Skim application and choose just Open, a verification progress bar will appear, and you may be told it is a third-party application and to Open it. Click Open.
However, with some applications, this does not work and it will tell you it cannot open it. Don't cancel, but do visit System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General panel. You should see in the Allow apps downloaded from section, that Skim appears there, and you can click open anyway. Once you have done that, the application will work as expected, or should.
Vim is a text editor and has nothing to do with viewing PDF. I suggest that you launch vim, and then do the following:
:help gx
That will provide the documentation that you need allowing you to configure your .vimrc/.gvimrc so you can hover your cursor over a PDF file name in a text document and open that PDF externally in either Skim, Preview, or Adobe Acrobat Reader. This can be used for other file types whose names may appear in a textual context.
I see the issue:
Click on that OK button, and then immediately go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General panel. You will see the following:
Click the Open Anyway button. It will produce what at first glance, appears to be a discouraging dialog:
Click the Open button, and Skim launches presenting its release notes window. From this point forward, it behaves like a normal Mac application with a double-click launch, and also appears on the Finder's Open With > menu.
In the open Skim installer window, drag that Skim icon across and drop it on that Applications folder alias. That will install it. If you did this previously, the Finder will honk about replacing it. Do so.
Next, close that installer window, or just right-click on that Skim Desktop icon below MacVim, and from the secondary menu, select Eject "Skim". Rinse repeat with the Inkscape installer icon that is also on your Desktop. This isn't Windows, so why isn't MacVim in the Dock where mine lives?
Now that you have the cruft off of your Desktop, open a new Finder window, and click Applications in the Favorites list. Find Skim, right-click on it, and select Open. Let it verify and then present you with a dialog afterward. It will be a reminder that it is a third-party application and an Open button (which you will click). If it bails on you and offers a different dialog that appears that it wants you to quit — don't cancel it and then follow my previous instructions about the System Preferences > Security & Privacy panel to override allowing you to use Skim.
FWIW, it doesn't appear that you've installed Skim. You need to drag the Skim icon on top of the Applications folder alias to copy it to your drive. You can then eject the Skim .dmg.
Right-click on that Skim installer icon on your Desktop and choose Eject Skim. Then, in a Finder window, click the Applications Favorite item, right-click on the Skim application, and choose Open. Then what i said previously.
thanks for the answer, very clear, and easy to follow.
when I try to open skim, it doesn't open a window, this is what I see...
I have done everything you said to do, below you will find attached the image of what comes out, in the end there is no card you speak of.
PS: There is no right button on the Macbook, which is found on other devices.
Neither Skim or Apple's Preview will open a window when launched. They are waiting for you to use the File menu to open an existing PDF, or with the application quit, right-click on a PDF and choose Open With > Skim.
antonello160 wrote:
thanks for the help, just one thing, Preview when I click it, it gives me this card as a result
That's because Preview is enabled in iCloud Drive. Skim doesn't have that option available.
thanks for the answer, very clear, and easy to follow.
when I try to open skim, it doesn't open a window, this is what I see...
thanks for the reply, i have already done what you said, but as you can see from the image i posted above, nothing happens, it just comes out on the top bar.
I did what you say, but the problem persists, this is what I see
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Does Skim now work when run from your Applications folder? What's that MacVim orphan doing up on your Desktop?
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