black screen when opening pdf in Safari

Right or control click a PDF file you already have on your Mac then click Get Info.

From the pop up menu where you see: Open with:

Select Safari

Then click: Change All

Hi

it sounds very much as if you have a plugin trying to handle pdf's - rather than the built-in support that Safari uses by default.

Quit any browsers, look in HD/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and Home/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and move or trash any 'pdf...' or 'adobe pdf...' plugins you find in either place.

I don't see that changing file associations in Finder could affect what happens completely within Safari.

I started having the black screen problem with my latest Adobe Reader update. I deleted the internet plug-in as described and it solved my problem. Thanks!

Works like a charm - no doubt about it, a Reader artifact. FYI it also affected Firefox though the screen did not turn black.

This worked. Thank you!

Hi Andy

I too have the black screen problem and took the steps you suggested Andy, but the problem persists. Do you have any other suggestions?

As with the other users, it's only when opening a PDF from a website that this occurs. Again, the problem has only begun since my last Adobe update (a month or so ago).

Any advice appreciated.

andyBall_uk solution worked for me. Many thank you's.

Also worked for me - thanks!

shed man- are your running Lion? I just got it and am now having the same problem however your fix didn't work for me....

Napamike2 - the macbook with this problem was running Snow Leopard, not Lion

If you are having this problem on Lion, I *think* that the directory structure is changed a bit? Someone more knowledgeable than me (that's almost everyone) could confirm that - perhaps the steps are a little different. But following the instructions provided by AndyBall_uk worked for me - you need to check both locations identified.

Sorry not to be able to offer anything more.

You're telling me that a non apple app won't work in an apple product? for sure that can't be the case because apple is as open sourced as could ever be......my lytron software works fantastic on my i2600k@5.2ghz, 32gb, 256gb M4, 4 x 2tb WD black, with a sapphire 7970.... apple could never go wrong with it's anal retentive implentation of user protection.

I had noticed the same problem about a week ago (after an Adobe update) and just got around to looking for a solution. I'm running Lion and I tried the solution provided by andyBall_uk and it worked like a charm.

Thanks to andyBall_ukThis solved the problem - moved pdf plugins to trash.