I’m running OS 10.6.8 and Safari 5.1. Recently Safari brings up any PDF file using QuickTime.
While I can save the file (as Source) under QuickTime, I have no idea what settings were inadvertently changed or if there is a conflict between Safari 5.1 and PDF, or a bug.
Sorry, wasn’t clear in my post. This is happening on any page I visit anywhere. All PDFs are being opened by QT.
Sounds like your system may have been flummoxed into believing thats what you want it to do.
Try selecting any pdf file you have stored locally then control/click to Get Info. Click on the Open With: drop down menu and select Acrobat, or Preview. Now every .pdf file should open in either Acrobat or Preview depending on your choice.
All the PDF files are assigned to and open with Preview just fine. The issue is with Safari-QuickTime-PDF somewhere.
I can save a Safari-QT viewed PDF file, but Safari thinks it is looking at a QT file so while in Safari, I can’t navigate through the PDF file correctly.
Robert
Sounds like your system may have been flummoxed into believing thats what you want it to do.
Try selecting any pdf file you have stored locally then control/click to Get Info. Click on the Open With: drop down menu and select Acrobat, or Preview. Now every .pdf file should open in either Acrobat or Preview depending on your choice.
Out of curiosity are you using any Safari plug-ins/extensions etc. that could possibly be overriding Safari’s default pdf behavior?
Todd
I can save a Safari-QT viewed PDF file, but Safari thinks it is looking at a QT file so while in Safari, I can’t navigate through the PDF file correctly.
I have noticed that QT 10.0 (128) replaced the older version of my QT Pro, though I wouldn’t have thought it would Bogart my Safari pages.
As Chuck also suggested, its appears to be a problem with my iMac. I just tested with Firefox 6.0. In Firefox, the first page of PDF file comes up — then nothing (not even the QT file saving choices).
Argggg…
Robert
Out of curiosity are you using any Safari plug-ins/extensions etc. that could possibly be overriding Safari’s default pdf behavior?
After a trip to Google I found a few similar issues. If setting the default “Open with…” in Finder to “All” doesn’t work and assuming you have Adobe Reader installed, it’s suggested you delete Reader and reinstall it using v9.x, not v10. No one seems to know why it works but they are claiming it does. Seems an odd fix but so far that’s all I’ve found.
Todd
Nope. No extensions running at all.
Out of curiosity are you using any Safari plug-ins/extensions etc. that could possibly be overriding Safari’s default pdf behavior?
After spending some time plowing through threads in Apple Support — I’ve found a solid solution.
Removing the AdobePDFViewer.plugin alone didn’t help as QT continued to Bogart any PDF Safari wanted to look at. Removing the QT plugin helped but clearly would disable QT viewing within Safari.
The solution is to use Property List Editor (installed with xCode app) and fiddle with the settings in WebPluginMIMETypes. Instructions can be found here
The solution is to use Property List Editor (installed with xCode app) and fiddle with the settings in WebPluginMIMETypes. Instructions can be found here
The solution is to use Property List Editor (installed with xCode app) and fiddle with the settings in WebPluginMIMETypes. Instructions can be found here
Wow, pretty drastic fix.
Really? It seemed pretty straightforward to me. I’m actually surprised Apple hasn’t provided an update to remedy the problem. It apparently crops up every year or so (based on my read of Apple Support posts).
I’m actually surprised Apple hasn’t provided an update to remedy the problem.
If it is a common problem then I am surprised that no-one else here has had it. Especially others, like me, who have the same system/browser configuration as you.