Looking for safe download of Adobe Reader 9.4

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Looking for safe download of Adobe Reader 9.4

My G4 PowerBook funs on 10.4.11 and I currently have Adobe Reader 8. I have been looking for a newer Reader, as some text sites I look at will not open using Reader 8 now. Nothing appears on the Adobe website to download an earlier Reader, while there are a number of non-Adobe sites that do provide a download. I tried the CNET site but got a warning about invalid certificate so I didn't use it. As a side note, I get a lot of invalid cert's warnings these days, so I'm not sure it is the site and not my outdated laptop. Thanks to anyon e with a suggestion!! bob.c

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on May 25, 2015 4:56 PM

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sdfox7

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Jun 7, 2015 10:37 AM in response to bob.c

I actually posted on this back in 2012 when Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5 became available for PowerPC:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3648326?tstart=0

I recommend the above mentioned Adobe Reader 9.5, but if you want 9.4, you can get it from the official site here:

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/9.x/9.4.0/en_US/AdbeRdr940_en_US_ppc.pk g.zip

Adobe Reader also allows you to update the version from within the program by "checking for updates".

The 9.x branch of Adobe Reader is the last designed for PowerPC; there may be unofficial ways of getting the newer versions to work with PowerPC but I have not experimented with them.

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Kappy

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May 25, 2015 6:13 PM in response to bob.c

You can search for older version at that sight. I've seen this link Download Adobe Reader 9.5.5 Update for PPC.

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bob.c Author

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May 25, 2015 6:02 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks Kappy, but the Reader DC requires the Intel processor and my G4 has the old PowerPC. It looks like the latest version that works with the PPC is version 9.4 available only on non-Adobe sites. I don't want to take a chance at downloading a problem..... bob.c

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bob.c Author

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May 25, 2015 7:23 PM in response to Kappy

After looking at every page, I found a SEARCH function but could not find a reference to versions prior to 10.1. The link you provided is for an update to 9.5.5 but would not update the Reader 8 I already have. I did find a 9.4 package in a CNET link and gave it a shot. We will see how it works.....

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sdfox7

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Jun 7, 2015 10:57 AM in response to bob.c

Adobe saves content on their FTP indefinitely so the above link should theoretically remain available forever; you can still get Adobe Reader 6.0 here (ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/6.x/6.0/enu/). The FTP directory folder changed from "acrobatreader" to "adobe/reader" sometime in 2003.

You can still get versions from 1996 - 2003 here: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/mac/

Enjoy!

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bob.c Author

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Jun 7, 2015 2:45 PM in response to sdfox7

Thanks for the reference, I did load 9.4 but could not load 9.5....oh well, it's good enough. The problem is I did have 10.1 for programmers and experimentation, and was able to open files at Ancestry.com. But now I get a black screen. So I use the old WinXP with the latest Flash Player which does open the files. Thanks, folks!

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Kappy

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May 25, 2015 5:02 PM in response to bob.c

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Download | Free PDF viewer for Windows, Mac OS, Android

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