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Bug - Safari 5.1.5 breaks the keyword search of PDF files displayed on Safari

Bug - Safari 5.1.5 breaks the keyword search of PDF files displayed on Safari.



After updating to Safari 5.1.5 with Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.8, it is not possible to search for keywords in PDF documents displayed on Safari.


I understand that it is a bug. Is there any way to fix it?


Thanks.

Mactel, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Booting from external FireWire disk

Posted on Apr 29, 2012 3:36 AM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2012 4:50 AM

Hi...


Try deleting a plugin...


Open the Finder. From the menu bar click Go > Go to Folder


Typs this: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins


Move the Adobe PDF Browser plugin (or PDF Browser plugin) to the Trash.


Quit then relaunch Safari to test.


If that doesn't help, back to the Finder menu.


Go > Go to Folder


Type this: ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safarfi/Cache.db


Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.


Quit then relaunch Safari to test.

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Apr 29, 2012 4:50 AM in response to ApMaX

Hi...


Try deleting a plugin...


Open the Finder. From the menu bar click Go > Go to Folder


Typs this: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins


Move the Adobe PDF Browser plugin (or PDF Browser plugin) to the Trash.


Quit then relaunch Safari to test.


If that doesn't help, back to the Finder menu.


Go > Go to Folder


Type this: ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safarfi/Cache.db


Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.


Quit then relaunch Safari to test.

Apr 29, 2012 5:01 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

That fixed it. Many thanks!


I had two plugins:

AdobePDFViewer.plugin

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin


I closed Safari, deleted both plugins, opened Safari and it worked as expected searching inside PDF files.


THANKS !!!


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Bug - Safari 5.1.5 breaks the keyword search of PDF files displayed on Safari

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