Intel Mac :: Make "Preview" Default PDF Reader?
Apr 12, 2012
After I updated my software, Adobe Reader became my default pdf reader. How can I change it back to "Preview"?I tried printing a doc opened with Adobe acrobat and it just printed a solid page of black ink.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6)
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Apr 18, 2012
I recently experienced a glitch in which my web browser locked during a shutdown operation. I had just changed a browser preference setting to "empty cookies and history" when I quit the browser. I restored the preference to its previous setting and the browser quit locking up. However, I now have a new problem: I can't download .pdf files (maybe others as well but I was able to download an application file successfully). This problem occurs with both Safari and Firefox browsers.I was recently checking the performance of 2 .pdf readers and I am sure I changed the default reader. I cannot remember how to restore Preview to be the default reader. Maybe this will get me back in business.
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Mar 8, 2010
I'm trying to change the default program that opens PDF files in safari from preview to Adobe acrobat reader. I'm trying to do this because I prepare taxes and preview doesn't seem to fill in fields properly on forms such as
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In Adobe reader->Preferences->internet Display PDF in browser using Adobe Reader (9.3.1) is checked and beyond this I'm not sure what to do to change from preview to reader.
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Apr 18, 2012
Installing the latest Adobe Reader causes Preview to be overwritten by Reader as the default PDF reader in Safari. There's a setting in Adobe Reader prefs that should aloow one to change the setting, but it is greyed out. You'll need to go to your HD/Library/Internet Plug-in folder and remove the Adobe plug-ins. Quit and restart Safari, then Preview is default again.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Oct 31, 2007
I have acrobat installed, and every time I view a pdf through safari, it views it with acrobat. I want it to do it with Preview instead, but I don't know how!
in other words when I'm in Safari, and I click on a link of a pdf file, I want it to display the pdf in the browser with Preview instead of acrobat.
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May 31, 2012
I like Preview.app to be my primary app to open pdf and pictures. When I want to edit I will open the app I need and drag document to the icon to open. Something changed and now Adobe Acrobat has become my default. I want to change back to Preview.
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Apr 21, 2012
How do I get Preview to automatically read PDF's instead of Adobe Reader?
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iCloud, iCloud vs. Mobile Me
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Aug 27, 2010
I'm running osx 10.6.4 and Adobe Reader is giving me fits. It doesn't play well. How do I change the default PDF reader from Adobe to Preview or iArchiver? Adobe Reader just grabs hold of the download and won't let go.
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Apr 21, 2012
how do I change the default from Preview to Neo office?
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 10, 2012
Does MAC make a common access card reader?
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Jun 18, 2012
I have Apple Preview, Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Pro installed. I know you can set individual files to 'Open with..' but is the a way to set the overall default for all pdf files?
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Apr 23, 2012
Why does the default email reader in Mail Preferences keep changing to Outllook after I set it to Mail 5.2 and then close the preference pane? The Default in Outlook is set as Mail 5.2.
Info:iMac (24-inch), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Feb 8, 2012
Since I updated to Lion PDF, JPG and TIFF files open up very slowly in PREVIEW. Same with RTF files in TEXTEDIT.  This is very apparent if the files are on a server in the network.Â
White iMac 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 2.5 GB RAM.Â
There are some slower Macs on 10.6 in the network that open up 10x faster !!Â
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iMac 20, Mac OS X (10.7.2), We have our UNIX IT based on MaxOSX
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Jun 26, 2004
I signed up for a Gmail account about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I'm so impressed with it that I have made it my primary email account. My only problem comes when Iclick links from Safari or Adium where the link is an email address. I would LOVE for Safari to open to the compose mail link of my Gmail account in a new tab, because as it stands now this just opens Mail.app. (I know I could just manually navigate to the compose mail page of Gmail, but, that's just no fun). Is this extremely wishful thinking, or somehow possible?
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Apr 23, 2012
Why does the default email reader in Mail Preferences keep changing to Outllook after I set it to Mail 5.2 and then close the preference pane? The Default in Outlook is set as Mail 5.2.Â
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iMac (24-inch), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 24, 2012
Using Mail version 4.6 the default email reader doesn't stay with Mail 4.5. It reverts to "Run a DLLas an app....." Â
there is no add or delete... the + or - sign...  this is recent. I am using  os 10.6.8Â
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 27, 2014
I have already set the default application to open PDFs to Preview by using the "Open with..." and "Change All" option.Â
Now PDFs open in Preview, but I have a weird side effect:Â when I create a PDF (from Microsoft Word, etc.) the document is created with an Adobe Reader ICON, it then quickly changes to a Preview ICON (and opens in Preview).Â
PDFs are doing what I want, but the flash of Adobe Reader ICON (pun intended) is quite annoying. I have searched through the Adobe Reader Preferences and can find nothing that seems related.
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Nov 20, 2009
At some point I changed the appearance of my PDF icons from the default red and white Adobe PDF image to where the PDF icons show a little image of the front cover of the PDF. Now I would like to change all of my PDF icons back to the default red and white Adobe Reader icon. Does anyone know how to do that please? I have Googled this and see instructions for how to change from the Adobe default to custom but can't figure out how to reverse that.
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May 11, 2009
one time, i decided to view my documents in "two page continuous." now it always opens up in that mode no matter how many times i put it in single page continuous. how to set it on the mode i want?
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Feb 22, 2010
I'd like to make sidebar visible in Preview v. 4.2 every time I open a PDF document. In Preferences, the "Open Sidebar Only for TOC" is unchecked and according to this thread, it seems that Sidebar should always open otherwise. Mine doesn't & I have to open manually for each file.
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Jun 9, 2010
I was messing around and ended up changing the color of my background in preview, can someone tell me what percent brightness it is by default?
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Apr 8, 2012
I have seen this asked numerous times over the last six years, but no satisfactory answers.When I open graphic files with preview (regardless of type), I want to crop them, then "Save as".I want Preview to default to .jpg format AND Best quality. Can I set these attributes? Please don't suggest "sliding the quality bar..." as I've seen many do. That's not what I want to do - I'm asking about DEFAULTS.
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Apr 19, 2012
I have come across a problem where my default directory in Preview 4.2 won't change when I go to Save As.. Is there a way to change this default directory?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Preview 4.2
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Apr 25, 2012
Is it possible to show annotations toolbar by default on preview?
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Aug 29, 2014
I would like to change the default text substitution settings for my annotations in Preview. Specifically, I want to disable smart quotation substitutions in my notes. I often copy-paste them into Word files, and I want them free of this reformatting. I know how to disable quotation mark substitution in a given pdf, but I would really like to disable this feature for all pdfs by default.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Early 2010, 13"
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Jun 3, 2014
how do I get Preview to be the default application in opening pdf files?
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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Oct 7, 2008
I have some PDF forms that I regularly need to fill out. Since they aren't "real" PDF forms and the document is locked, I need to print to PDF, save as TIFF and then use Preview's annotate feature to mark things up. It works well, but the default font color (red) and default font size (36) are not optimal. And each time I start a new annotation, I need to change back to black and a smaller font size. Is there any way to alter this default?
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Aug 24, 2014
How to force the Preview utility to use JPG as the default format on the Save operation?
Currently it uses PNG.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), just ssd as boot drive, no others
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Feb 20, 2012
I frequently use Preview to scan documents using a networked HP scanner.Â
Every time I launch preview to perform some scanning, I find that I must select File->Import from Scanner->Include Networked Devices.Â
I find this mildly annoying. Is there a way that I can get Preview to include networked scanning devices by default?Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Jul 17, 2009
I'm tired of clicking .avi files and others and quicktime opening up and saying it can't play them.
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