Thanks Tim. If I uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader, will Safari automatically go to Preview?
Gigi On Sep 4, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Usually, web-sites that say that they require Adobe Reader don't actually > "require" Adobe Reader. All that they require is that you have a pdf reader > installed. Normally, Preview or pdfpen would do the job. Adobe Reader also > installs an Internet Plugin that takes over Safari and other browsers making > it so that Adobe will often open within Safari in an embedded fashion which > is unusable to us VO users. You can remove this plugin by going into your > Macintosh HD, Library, Internet Plugins and removing the Adobe Reader > Internet Plugin. Adobe will still work, it just won't force it to be opened > within your browser. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Sep 4, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys >> As the subject says, I have a question about Adobe acrobat reader and >> Safari. I would uninstall Adobe, except that I have some website I go to >> that say they require it. Last night, that stupid thing cause me a problem, >> and I had to get my husband to fix it. I hope this question makes sense, but >> how can I set those plug-ins so that it won't lock up Safari like it just >> did? I had it working where I could call the form up tell Safari to save it, >> and then use preview to read the PDF file. However, I was emailed a link to >> one, and when I Called up the link, it turned the fan on on my computer, and >> locked up Safari. I finally had to do a force quit and kill off everything. >> >> Here's another alternative I thought of, and I would like it better if it >> would work. If a website insist that you call up Adobe acrobat reader, can >> you use preview instead? >> >> Sincerely, >> Gigi >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
