i'm having trouble viewing pdf files in safari.
MacBook Pro with Retina display
Do you have the "Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in, Version 11.0.02" installed?
Download and install Adobe Reader and the plug-in will be installed in Safari.
Good luck,
Clinton
Or, alternatively and ironically, deletes all adobe plugins from /Library/Internet Plug-ins
Back up all data.
Triple-click the line of text below to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste into the text box that opens (command-V), then press return.
From the folder that opens, remove any items that have the letters “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then quit and relaunch Safari, and test.
The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can also interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it as well, if it's present.
If you still have the issue, repeat with this line:
~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
If you don’t like the results of this procedure, restore the items from the backup you made before you started. Relaunch Safari again.
hi clinton: i downloaded adobe reader and it worked. one thing though: while my memory is fading with age, it seemed liked i was able to view pdf's, using safari, before i downloaded adobe. To that end, is there any way to completely remove adobe reader and use preview, in safari, to view pdf files (instead of using adobe)?
dave
hi: i downloaded adobe reader and it worked. one thing though: while my memory is fading with age, it seemed liked i was able to view pdf's, using safari, before i downloaded adobe. To that end, is there any way to completely remove adobe reader and use preview, in safari, to view pdf files (instead of using adobe)?
dave
hi: i downloaded adobe reader and it worked. one thing though: while my memory is fading with age, it seemed liked i was able to view pdf's, using safari, before i downloaded adobe. To that end, is there any way to completely remove adobe reader and use preview, in safari, to view pdf files (instead of using adobe)?
dave
Yes. Quit the Adobe Reader application and drag it to the Trash, then follow the instructions in my first message. You don't need Reader to view PDF files on a Mac. Very rarely, you might come across a PDF that doesn't display properly in Preview but does in Reader. I've never found one myself.
hi. i'm having trouble viewing pdf files in safari
