Thanks Jerry, I had read about the Acrobat having troubles with the PDF files showing in the browser window , also read all the help suggestions that the update did not really work. -
But let me tell you, after playing around with it, I did the acrobatics, clicking and unclicking buttons that might be helpful, and finally I am able to have the download come down on the desktop as before and in Preview. But so help me, I have no idea what finally did it. And I would not know now how to make it download in Acrobat. Hunches is all I go by. And by the way, it downloads automatically now without the control key unto the desktop and then opens up by itself without having to click on the icon, just as it has been doing for the last year or so. Thanks. Marta On Nov 5, 2005, at 17:39, Jerry Yeager wrote: > Hmm, we need to start over on this one a bit Marta, to clear up some > confusion on how things happen and when :^) > > Your browser (either Safari or Camino or which ever) will indeed be > the thing that downloads the files, not really Acrobat or Preview. The > browser fetches the file for you and then turns it over to your viewer > to handle it from there. A while back Adobe (the makers of Acrobat) > released a plug-in that was supposed to let you directly view pdf > files in your Safari browser (by-passing the need to download and hand > them off to the viewer). This did not work well (for some reason) and > messed up the way Safari did things with pdf files (but NOT other > files). There was supposed to be a fix to cure this broken behavior, > but the fix has not worked well either -- it did not restore Safari's > old way of doing things nor did it let Safari view the files directly > in the browser -- when things break, they really break! > > The? best solution so far has been to use Safari's alternative > download method for the pdf files: hold down the option (alt) key when > you click on the link and it will download the file to the desktop for > you. Then double click on the file and it will start up in which ever > viewer (Acrobat or Preview) you have set to be the default for viewing > pdf files -- side note: you can set this for all pdf files using the > 'Get Info' approach as has been discussed here many times. > > Hope this helps, > > > Jerry > > > > On Nov 5, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> I can download the program via my Camino browser. And it downloads >> through my Acrobat 7.05. So the trouble must be within my Safari and >> the this special German program on this iMac ? Yes? No? I thought >> maybe i should try to download something from Version Tracker to see >> for sure, but want to wait for your suggestions lest I get into more >> confusion. >> Marta > > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
