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How do you change Adobe Reader to make Preview the default reader of pdf files.

I downloaded Adobe Reader and when it asked if I wanted to make it my default reader I agreed. How do I change back to make Preview the default reader of pdf files?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Dec 20, 2013 4:44 PM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2013 5:02 PM

1. Open a pdf file

2. Right Click "Get Info"

3. Click "Open With"

4. Use dropdown to select Preview

5. Click Change All


All of your pdf files will now open by using Preview.

Funny...I asked this question and found an answer myself. Go figure!

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Feb 20, 2014 5:03 PM in response to Bereanone

Well what do you know.... I repaired the file indexes for another issue by going into preferences, deleting the index for all my hard drive and then adding it back forcing reindexing of the drive and low and behold all my pdf files now show that they open in preview. That fixed not only what I was trying to do, but this old pdf issue as well.

How do you change Adobe Reader to make Preview the default reader of pdf files.

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