Mac won't open pdfs from web links.

you probably have updated Safari lately.

Safari should be able to open the pdf webpage on it's own.

What helps most of the time is throwing out the Adobe pdf plugin if it is there.

Quit Safari (from the menu),

Go to HDD/Library/Internet Plugins and move the Adobe pdf plugin to the desktop,

Go to Users/yourname/Library/Internet Plugins and move the Adobe pdf plugin (if it is there) to the desktop,

Start Safari.

If that solved your problem, delete the Adobe pdf plugin from the desktop to the Trash Bin, empty the Trash Bin.

You are using Safari? (Version?)

Are you referring to opening the PDF within the browser window?

Have you tried doing the same thing at more than one web site?

If you try the same thing with another browser, such as FireFox or Camino, does it work as expected?

before I found this thread, i found the plug in by typing into Spotlight: AdobePDF, because that is the name of the plug in.

Once Spotlight gives it's results you can select Show All at the top of the viewer pane, then select the one you are looking for and the path to find it is shown at the bottom of the finder window. Then you can open the folder that holds the plugin, select the plugin and move, copy or delete it. Your computer will likely ask for a password to execute the delete.

After I deleted the plugin and restarted Safari, PDF files open in the browser as they are supposed to by Preview (much preferred by me) rather than by adobe.

Good Luck!

For anyone passing by, if it still doesn't work on your firefox after removing the plugins, refer to this link

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pdf-files-are-blank-and-cant-be-downloaded- mac

this helped me.

Hi guys,

I have followed these instructions and still get blank grey pages when trying to open pdf files in browser.

Any other things to look for?

I have updated everything, restarted etc.

At wits end now...???

Hi,

This question is a bit old but I´m having the same problem with this URL:

http://www.gerster.com/themen/posamenten-gerster.php

This Catalog in PDFnot downloading but on the other Hand here (http://gerster.com/media-library/kataloge-und-prospekte) is working.

The links are exactly the same (I programmed the first website) and this is why I don´t know what is wrong.

Is someone having the same problem? Is the just the plugging the problem?

Any help would be great!

Alejandro

Hello,

Line 186, Column 67: document type does not allow element "A" here

…imagedownload?id=13092&amp;format=pdf">Posamenten Neuheiten 2014 (7.47 MB)</a>…

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The element named above was found in a context where it is not allowed. This could mean that you have incorrectly nested elements -- such as a "style" element in the "body" section instead of inside "head" -- or two elements that overlap (which is not allowed).

One common cause for this error is the use of XHTML syntax in HTML documents. Due to HTML's rules of implicitly closed elements, this error can create cascading effects. For instance, using XHTML's "self-closing" tags for "meta" and "link" in the "head" section of a HTML document may cause the parser to infer the end of the "head" section and the beginning of the "body" section (where "link" and "meta" are not allowed; hence the reported error).

https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gerster.com%2Fthemen%2Fposam enten-gerster.php&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0

Alternatively, you can select any PDF file from Finder, hit Command-i, or right click on the file and select Get Info.

From there, change Open With to Safari.

Then hit the button Change All.

And done.

Hi,

You may find it better to start a new question of your own, not many look at Solved topics for those needing help. 🙂

eMac

glad it helped.🙂

btw, yes, from the userlibrary it copies instead of move (like it is going to another disk), but after the copy you delete the original.

Kurt: I forgot to end the post: OR you hold CMD while dragging.😊

Lex

What if the adobe plug-in isn't in that folder? 😟 I have the same problem but cannot locate a plugin. IS there anything else that could cause this?

I was also having problem and this solved it! Thank you!

i am also having this problem but i use firefox. same solution?