PDF files wont open with safari

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When i click on a PDF file in blackboard it goes to a grey screen and the PDF file does not open, i have to right click it and click download link and then it opens with adobe. What is wrong, safari use to open PDF's for me with no trouble
 
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First what version of OSX and what version of Safari? I take it you installed adobe reader?
 
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I can't open either. My Mac OS X is 10.6.8, Adobe Reader is 10.1.4, Safari 5.1.7
 
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Out of the box OSX opens PDF files in Preview. I prefer it to Adobe Reader. If you installed Adobe Reader it could have messed something up. Are these PDF files on the net or on your computer? If on your computer try Right Clicking and on Get Info. Look down toward the bottom and check Open With. Set it for Preview and click on Change All. Then try and open the PDF. If it's on the Web let us know, but I would try and remove Adobe Reader and see if Preview will then open them. I never made Adobe default so I am taking a guess.
 
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dtravis7 said:
Out of the box OSX opens PDF files in Preview. I prefer it to Adobe Reader. If you installed Adobe Reader it could have messed something up. Are these PDF files on the net or on your computer? If on your computer try Right Clicking and on Get Info. Look down toward the bottom and check Open With. Set it for Preview and click on Change All. Then try and open the PDF. If it's on the Web let us know, but I would try and remove Adobe Reader and see if Preview will then open them. I never made Adobe default so I am taking a guess.
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Yes, i am trying to open them off of my university's blackboard. I put adobe reader in the trash and it did not solve the problem
 
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After you removed Adobe Reader, did you follow the instructions that were given you by dtravis7?
 
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My is already in the preview mode. But still can't open it from the internet nor save as nor download.
It use to work no problem.
 
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I also removed Adobe Reader. The screen from the web still blank. It keep saying the document could not be export.
 
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I told You above. Right click on pdf, click on Get Info, change to Preview, click Change all.
 
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dtravis7 said:
I told You above. Right click on pdf, click on Get Info, change to Preview, click Change all.
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there is no get info option when i right click on it, all i get is
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That file is on the WEB. Get Info is for Files on the hard drive, not on a webpage. Don't you have any PDF files saved on your computer? That is where the setting is.
 
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That file is on the WEB. Get Info is for Files on the hard drive, not on a webpage. Don't you have any PDF files saved on your computer? That is where the setting is.
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Did that, it still wont open them from the browser, i have to right click and then go to download linked file. But after i download it will open in preview
 
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If you set Adobe Reader to be the reader for Safari and you didn't remove the plug-in itself, you'll run into trouble. Since dragging the application to the Trash doesn't remove the plug-in, this could be your problem. Open up Finder, push Shift-Command-G and enter the following: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/. Look for a file names AdobePDFViewer.plugin. If it's there, delete it.
 
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If you set Adobe Reader to be the reader for Safari and you didn't remove the plug-in itself, you'll run into trouble. Since dragging the application to the Trash doesn't remove the plug-in, this could be your problem. Open up Finder, push Shift-Command-G and enter the following: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/. Look for a file names AdobePDFViewer.plugin. If it's there, delete it.
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Tried that and it still wont open, and i did exaclty as you typed
 

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