How do I download PDFs from Safari by default?

I want to download PDFs by default (to my downloads folder) rather than showing up in a browser window. I know it can be done, worked before I installed a new drive. But I don't remember what to do to make downloading the default.
Thanks!

I want to download PDFs by default (to my downloads folder) rather than showing up in a browser window.
What version of Mac OS X are you running, and what version of Safari? There is no default behavior to download a PDF file; you can only do that by Control-clicking on the link for the file and choosing to download it.

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