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Dear Forum,


adobe acrobat reader have invaded my pdf reader :-)

My normal setting is Preview - how to reestablish this setting?

yours

B

Mac mini (2018)

Posted on Jun 28, 2023 1:28 AM

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Posted on Jun 28, 2023 7:56 AM

  1. Select any PDF file in Finder.
  2. Do a Get Info (⌘I)
  3. Find the Open with section in the Info window.
  4. The drop-down menu will list the default associated application and alternative applications.
  5. Change it to the app that you want to use to open this document.
  6. Also click Change All to apply this setting to all documents of this type (same suffix) for this computer.


Choose an app to open a file on Mac - Apple Support

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Jun 28, 2023 7:56 AM in response to Bo Lundby Jaeger

  1. Select any PDF file in Finder.
  2. Do a Get Info (⌘I)
  3. Find the Open with section in the Info window.
  4. The drop-down menu will list the default associated application and alternative applications.
  5. Change it to the app that you want to use to open this document.
  6. Also click Change All to apply this setting to all documents of this type (same suffix) for this computer.


Choose an app to open a file on Mac - Apple Support

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