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April 12, 2007
Safari | Control-click web PDFs
Viewing PDFs in a web browser can often be frustrating. Sometimes the text is too small to read. You can't search it. You may not be sure how to download it. It can be a drag.
If you are viewing an online PDF with Safari, control-click on the PDF. A menu will display giving you the option to zoom in or out. "Auto Size" will blow it up to the width of your browser window. And most importantly, you can select, "Open with Preview.app." Got to this PDF and try it.
Before I found out about this option, I used to download all PDFs, and then open it in Preview. When I was done, I'd locate the file and trash it. Silly me. If I use the tip above, I can simply close the PDF when I'm done and it's gone. Full control, no debris.
Posted by Brad at April 12, 2007 09:50 AM
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If you remove the AdobePDFViewer.plugin file from /Library/Internet Plug-Ins, then Safari will automaticly open PDFs with Preview.app.
(I had to do this because safari was nagging about an acrobat reader file he couldn't find and I couldn't chose preview.app)
After this you can also choose to disable the inline view of PDFs in safari, open Terminal and type in
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
it now downloads them and opens it in Preview.app
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool NO
to enable inline view again
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Restart safari if you do any of the things above;
Regards
Jayme
Posted by: Jayme at May 19, 2007 07:19 PM
