Changing Safari 'helper' apps

Ravindra Mohabeer · Jul 27th, 2005, 12:48 PM

I'm using Safari on 10.3.7 and since installing Acrobat Pro it comes up as the default PDF viewer. This isn't so bad except it takes a long time to load and Preview does the trick for basic viewing. I can't seem to figure out how to get Preview back as the default PDF viewer that launches when I download a PDF from Safari.

Can anybody help me? I've tried preferences in Preview, Safari and Acrobat. Maybe I'm blind but I can't seem to figure out where to change the default PDF viewer anywhere.

Thanks

Orion · Jul 28th, 2005, 02:31 AM

If you select any PDF you have and choose "Get Info" (Command-i) you can then change the application used to open the file to Preview. Click the "Change All" button and voila, you open all PDFs with Preview. This works with any file.

Ravindra Mohabeer · Jul 28th, 2005, 01:02 PM

wow that was easy and something i would never have thought to do...i'm not sure it makes sense to do it this way but your suggestion certainly worked! Thanks.