Last night I installed Safari 5.1 on my MBP running 10.6.8 and am now unable to view pdf files from Google searches. Clicking on a pdf in Google the window does dark, there is a QuickTime icon and the page seems to download. When it finishes, the QT icon is replaced by the front page of the document but I am unable to scroll down to see more. In some instances the QT icon disappears and nothing loads.
Any ideas?
MBP 15, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Thank you, I'm happy to hear that. Nice of you to let me know.
In my case (w/ Safari 6.0.1 & Ml 10.8.2), the problem seemed to be SpeedDownload Browser Plugin. I put it in Inactive Folder and problem was solved.
Got Safari Version 5.1.7 (6534.57.2) on mac o/s 10.6.8 and can't open any pdf files either. After many try .prob was persisting. Know how i fixed it ? i switched to Google Chrome and i solved my problem . Gonna keep GC for good.
I recommend you to read this discussion from the beginning. The answers I got from readers were mostly positive. Safari is great in opening pdf's.
I Did.... and i still believe that GC for mac is better and faster .
That's your opinion... but it has nothing to do with the topic of this discussion. (dot)
The following solved by PDF viewing problem.
The fix is in the Adobe program.
Open Adobe program...not viewing files..just start up the program..
CLICK on EDIT at top of page,
CLICK PREFERENCES,
CLICK GENERAL,
....At BOTTOM of page UNCHECK "Enable Protected Mode at startup"
Problem solved. Files will now download and open for use.
This didn't help unfortunately!
Thanks Klaus, and whomever helped you. I was searching on this issue, and your clear list of steps did the trick. Thanks so much. Caryn
Unable to open pdf files in Safari 5.1
