Opening PDF's In Safari 3.2.1 Crashes Safari
Hello,
I'm having a real problem with PDF files in Safari 3.2.1. After a PDF file loads (which can take forever while the fans go into overdrive on my iMac) and I can actually read through the PDF, I then close the PDF window and Safari will always quit unexpectedly when I actually "quit" Safari. I get the "crash report" dialog. Sometimes, Safari just quits unexpectedly when trying to load the PDF or when trying to close the PDF window without using the "quit" command from the Safari menu.
What happened this morning is that I got a spinning beachball and then a complete freeze after trying to close a PDF window. My fan went into overdrive (never heard it this noisy before) and I had to reboot my machine.
I made the mistake of installing Adobe Reader 9 when I updated our systems to Mac OS X 10.4.11 a couple of weeks ago - Adobe Reader 9 was NOT a good app to install nor to use (at least, not for us) so I uninstalled it and reinstalled Abobe Acrobat 7.1 which works well for our needs.
Is there a way to disable PDF viewing in Safari completely so that PDF files just download to the desktop? Safari 3.2.1 just doesn't seem to like PDF files. Not for us.
Thanks so much,
Gerard
Hi Gerard
You'll need to use at least Adobe Reader 8.1 with Safari 3, otherwise, Safari crashes. To install Reader 8.1.3, go here. At the site, click on the drop down selection menu and choose "Power PC 10.4.3 - 10.4.10". Otherwise, Adobe points you to Reader 9 instead of 8.
Before installing Reader 8, go to your HD>Library>Internet Plug-ins folder and move to the trash the existing Adobe PDF plug-in. This way, you're ensured of a clean install of version 8.
After the install, and prior to opening Safari, I suggest you go to your Applications>Utilities folder, open Disk Utility, highlight your HD and select "repair permissions".
Post back and let us know if that stops the crashes.
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