Can't save pdf files from Safari

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Most pdf-related issues with Safari are caused by the pdf-plugin Adobe manages to install again and again. Was that the item you deleted earlier? It resides in the ~/Library/Internet Plug-ins folder. (If you don't know how to get there, copy "~/Library/Internet Plug-ins" without the "" and use the Go->Go to Folder function of the Finder.)

That's a feature of the Verizon website. If you get these options:

Click on the Download option to get these options:

I don't know about the other sites but they can block printing of the content so look for an option to download a PDF copy of the info you're looking for.

I had the same problem and tried deleting the plugins, but although it seemed to work for one session, the internet plugins reappeared in the folder, and after that I was again unable to print, although sometimes after repeating several methods of saving I'd be able to open the file in Adobe Reader. When I tried to print I got windows saying it couldn't be printed and that no pages were selected.

Today, after about an hour of banging my head against the wall trying to print some downloaded court filings, it occurred to me to go into "info" on one of the downloaded pdfs, set it to open with Preview, and when it asked if I wanted to change all other PDFs I said yes. Now I'm able to save, open and print the documents in either Preview or Adobe Reader. Hopefully it'll stay fixed this time.

I don't know whether this will help with anyone else's problems, but I thought I'd post it in case it does.

Getting NO SATISFACTION w APPLE here ! Did you see the number of discussions going on dating back to 2012? Dose Apple care - no. It is so important and would seem a no-brainer to be able to PRINT a PDF from a BROWSER (SAFARI) to one's HD. - yes court documents for one.
Do I have to lug my equipment around - make Genius appoints ?? and still come out mystified - I spent 35 min CHAT w ADOBE Acrobat - no good !!!I finally realize, it probably not my MacBook and is NOT an Acrobat --- ITS APPLE SAFARI.
So after a year of frustration I am here - hello.
Charles thanks for help: I use Safari 6.1.3
As you say a menu bar appears when you hover at bottom of a Safari window on a PDF page. I click the PRINT ICON but get a message that leads nowhere:

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WASTED JOURNEY SO FAR, WHERE DOES ONE GO FROM HERE?

I have no plugins in pdf in LIBRARY - so thats not the issue.
I try open my failed PDFs in PREVIEW - they show blank, juz like in acrobat.
I WILL NOT change a global setting to open ALL my PDfs in Preview - that would be absurd. Not an option for me - I should not be doing acrobats for APPLE.

Question:

Why can't I install Acrobat/pdf as a printer in my System Preferences ??

Thank you Charles. This solution of yours works for me also after trying everything else for weeks.

Best regards,

Pat

Another approach is to open the pdf file, then select print, click on the pdf option tab at the bottom left of the print window, and select 'save as pdf''. It takes extra steps but it's another way around the long-term and vexing problem with Safari.

Charles, my apologies, I misunderstood your "print or save pdf files" statement in the first posting. I thought you meant viewing then printing, but obviously you mean to include the print "to" a pdf function.

I've also fought this problem for pdf saving problem for quite a while, but hadn't encountered any versions that wouldn't save via the adobe pdf "print" function as long as one could live with all the extra keystrokes, If saving several years worth of bank statements, the extra work becomes a real pain. Hope they fix this soon, very annoying. When I remember ahead, I now just use Firefox for this, where I've never had a problem.

Thank you! This has been the only thing that has worked! It's been driving me crazy. It used to work picking print single page instead of continuous but that even stopped working. Now I can get on with my life! 🙂

Charles,

This worked the first time - putting the cursor to the bottom center of the image. It is not working today. I am not getting a menu pop up. Nothing is happening. Do you know of any reason why that would be? Again, I am unable to print my credit card statements from my bank without things getting cut off. Thanks.

Caren57 wrote:

Charles,

This worked the first time - putting the cursor to the bottom center of the image. It is not working today. I am not getting a menu pop up. Nothing is happening. Do you know of any reason why that would be? Again, I am unable to print my credit card statements from my bank without things getting cut off. Thanks.

Occasionally my Safari window acts as if it's not the front most window and no buttons or links works. this is how I've worked around that:

1 - click on the Finder icon in the Dock.

2 - close any new Finder window that appears.

3 - click on the Safari icon in the Dock.

4 - try clicking on the Save button at the bottom of the PDF file again.

print trick did not work. i have no edit/preferences option anywhere. i have no menu appear at bottom middle. and none of the other suggestions i got from other postings elsewhere were feasible or effective on my mac pro with most up to date OS.

what worked was---right click on the UNopened pdf---menu appears with 'save as' option that actually works instead of opening a blank box.