Acrobat trying to open pdf's in Safari even after uninstalled.

A lot of people have had this problem that after an Acrobat update, safari now opens pdfs with Acrobat (a bit obnoxious of them), which is slower and clunkier than Preview.
Many have written that clicking "get info"on a pdf, and "open with preview" plus "apply to all" fixes this problem. It does not.
I uninstalled Acrobat. Now Safari doesn't do anything with pdfs at all. It just opens a grey page.
How do I convince Safari to open pdf's with Preview again? I'm using mavericks.

Single-click a random PDF file. Press command+I (eye). This will pop a Get Info window over the top of Safari if it is open.
Just below the Comments section, you will see Open with: and Preview is selected. Click this selection, and instead, choose Adobe Reader. Below that is a Change All... button. Clicking on this will produce the following dialog:
Select Continue and Acrobat Reader will now be the default application that opens PDF files. If you later change your mind, follow these steps and reselect Preview.

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Windows Media Audio
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Windows Media Video
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video/x-ms-asf-plugin
Windows Media Plugin
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Windows Media Playlist
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Windows Media Video
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