"Blocked Plug-In" when opening pdf from Safari

Thank you Egtverchi. Your solution worked perfectly for me (macOS Sierra 10.12.6). In Safari I used File > Export as PDF when on the greyed out page showing the blocked plug-in message. I had previously tried all other methods suggested here without success, and had reverted to downloading the troublesome PDF (from a Government website) using my iPhone. Thanks again for sharing the fix.

John

Hi sage seeker. See the reply I posted to Egtverchi today regarding a solution that worked for me. Here's a copy of my post:

"Thank you Egtverchi. Your solution worked perfectly for me (macOS Sierra 10.12.6). In Safari I used File > Export as PDF when on the greyed out page showing the blocked plug-in message. I had previously tried all other methods suggested here without success, and had reverted to downloading the troublesome PDF (from a Government website) using my iPhone. Thanks again for sharing the fix."

You can also use File > Save As (Command > S) while on the greyed out page showing the message. Both methods will save the file as a PDF to your Desktop (or designated location).

Hope this solves it for you, as it did for me!

John

This has been an ongoing problem for me for 9 months. The right Click on the link and open in a new window worked like a charm! Thanks

Right click on link and open in new window worked for me too! thanks!

Hi, it works for me too, right click on to the link or pdf then select open in newtab.

try to do same thing when opening any pdf that requires password like car insurance. right click- open link in new tab

This has been an ongoing problem with Macs.

Just "The "Right Click" on the link and open in a new window.

It works like a charm!

Good Luck

Hi,

You can simply use your two fingers to click the trackpad.

Yes! It works that way.

or

If the two-finger right-click methods feel awkward to you, you can assign the bottom-left corner as a right-click zone in System Preferences. Launch System Preferences from the Apple menu and choose Trackpad. Next, click the Point & Click menu item at the top and you'll see a Secondary click item. By default, it's set up to click with two fingers, but you can set it to click in the bottom-right corner.

I am also experiencing that problem. I just bought a new MacBook Pro a week ago. I went on my governments website to view a Pdf and it got blocked. Have to use another browser. Please fix error in Safari

Thank you for this post. I've had this same problem for years with my MBPro. Your solution worked great and solves the issue for common websites that I visit. The other posts about opening in a new window also worked.

Same problem here. I played with the plugin settings but to no avail. Problem persists with my banks website when I try and click on a statement link, as well as other sites I go frequently that I know are secure. Really makes safari unusable. Had to download Chrome and use that just to download my bank statements.

Instead of clicking on the .pdf, Right click and choose to open it in a new tab.

That worked for me.

As of writing this 350+ people have this issue - please report it to Apple:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html

We're using OSX 10.11.6 Safari version 10.1.1 and when trying to view a pdf I get the blank black screen with "Blocked Plug In" message in the middle of the page.

I have disabled all plug ins and all extensions that have anything to do with downloading / viewing.

I've never used Adobe reader or any pdf viewer as a Safari extension.

Safari giving a 'plug-in' error when there is none installed is false!

Right click doesn't work on the website I need to access today, neither does the 'reader' trick.

Apple need to lift their game - pdfs are a staple for us as a business.

Thankfully Firefox works, though we try to avoid that to keep everything as secure as possible (hence the 'no Adobe policy'!).

Same for me. Have just reported this bug as suggested by @bonzabuy.

(My alternative browser is Epic browser, which is based on Chrome, but doesn't allow Google or other trackers to track my browsing history.)

bonzabuy wrote:

As of writing this 350+ people have this issue - please report it to Apple:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html

We're using OSX 10.11.6 Safari version 10.1.1 and when trying to view a pdf I get the blank black screen with "Blocked Plug In" message in the middle of the page.

I have disabled all plug ins and all extensions that have anything to do with downloading / viewing.

Thank you so much. It made my life easier otherwise every time I was struggling with this problem and used to open FireFox and then copy paste link to open.

Best Regards

Ash

How do I right click on a MacBook with no mouse?