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How to disable Adobe Reader Safari plugin

On Mac OSX, the default thing that happens when you click a PDF link in Safari is that it is displayed, quickly and efficiently, with the "Preview" tool.

Unfortunately, if you download and install Adobe's own "Reader" software, it changes Safari's behaviour to use the crap slow-loading slow-displaying Adobe tool instead. Granted, it can do some other things like PDF forms, but for most PDFs it just gets in the way.

I couldn't find out from the web how to remove this behaviour without uninstalling the Reader (which you need to have around sometimes), but I worked it out, so here's how - just delete this file from your hard drive: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin

Thursday 7th December 2006 | IT | Permalink

Comments:

• Name: Ian Hobson
• Email: ian art emc2 dort co dort uk
• Date: Tuesday 27th March 2007 10:38
Or you can move the file to the Disabled Plugins folder in the same location. This worked for me. Not sure why you'd ever want to go back, but just in case!

• Name: Terry Wizig
• Email: twizig art gmail dort com
• Date: Thursday 10th July 2008 23:18
I have a new machine and can' open pdf links (files). Do you think your fix works on 10.5? Apple says it's an Adobe problem.

• Name: Terry Wizig
• Email: twizig art gmail dort com
• Date: Thursday 10th July 2008 23:26
I tried and I still can't see pdf's.

• Name: Dan
• Date: Friday 11th July 2008 07:44
Dont know about 10.5, sorry - havent used it yet

• Name: S.S.
• Date: Sunday 4th January 2009 23:45
Thank you so much!

• Name: baadshah khan
• Website: http://heram
• Email: vikassingh33 art gmail dort com
• Date: Wednesday 25th March 2009 14:50
send me more mac operating techniques
Thanks
baadshah khan

• Name: Kars
• Date: Wednesday 23rd June 2010 15:18
It didn't work for me im using 10.6 and reader is still there

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