PDFs Won't Display

I have a new iMac and it won’t display PDFs, as for example my tax return and bank statements, though if I can download them they display normally. I have Adobe Reader X version 10.1.2. I have this problem with any browser. With Safari the display is just a big black (and otherwise blank) window. What's my problem?

Does this KB article describe your issue?
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/908/cpsid_90885.html

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Hi,
Wondering if anyone can help me, we have a PDF come in to one of our users outlook accounts, it opens fine on the computer. However, he has then proceeded to forward this to a colleague through his iPad and when the colleague opens it on their computer, it gives an error message 'Insufficient Data for an Image'. From here the PDF doesn't display correctly, whereby it only shows when scrolled halfway down the page, when you scroll back up all information dissapears as though it were a blank page.
FYI the software we are using to open the PDF is Adobe Reader, which we updates to the latest version to test for this issue. In short, when opened on the local computer it works fine, but as soon as it is forwarded from an iPad it won't open properly (the document opens fine on the ipad before it is sent). I have also tested this through my iPhone and i get the same issue.
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!

Any chance that a Microsoft Exchange Server is in the mix? Could depend on what version of exchange is used.
You will need to try a work-around. Apple seems slow on fixing this issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/25838683#25838683

PDF won't display all pages

I'm having problems with a PDF I'm generating, I'm using the presets, never have had the problem before, but some of the pages won't display, there's only a white page. Has anyone else had this problem before? How did you work around it?
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Here is a GoogleDocs PDF of the particular PDF I'm having issue with: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BzFhXCwCx4SzZDhiN2FjZWEtM2IyNS00Njg4LWI5NTQtNTc5ZDVlM GNhNWVk&hl=en
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PDf won't display using browser

How do I get my browser IE 10 to open a PDF file? I cannot download a PDF file either.

I would just get a white blank screen. Here is what I did:
First change the defaults in Adobe by doing the following:
Click "Start">All Programs>Adobe Reader>Edit>Preferences>Internet>Web Browser Options>Tick "Display PDF">OK and exit Adobe.
THEN you want to change the security options:
Open Internet Explorer(IE), Click "Tools">Adnvaced>Scroll Down to Security and Uncheck"Do Not Save Encrypted Pages to Disk">Click apply or ok and exit.
This should work. You may have to restart your computer for it to take effect.
I had this problem after trying to install KIS(Kaspersky Internet Security) and in so doing was advised to reset my security to defaults which was a mistake as the issue was not with my computer but rather with Kaspersky's server as I was able to install it the next day. Resetting security to defaults could create a problem as you are setting settings that worked before and now do not. Anyway try my solution above and let me know if it works, which it should.

PDF won't display (please wait...)

I am trying to get a tax form to show with Adobe Reader. The form is available at https://ww2.revenue.wi.gov/Internet/wi_efile/2010/Form1-2010.pdf . The site says Reader 9.0 or above is needed. I have installed 9.4.2, the latest version available for Debian. When I attempt to open it, I just get a page that reads "Please wait... If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF viewer may not be able to display this type of document." Am I missing something?

It is a running joke that the acroread plugin crashes on linux. It has been that way for years and looks set to be the same way forevermore.
However there is a fix and it isn't too difficult. Locate and delete (or move) the file npwrapper.nppdf.so /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/npwrapper.nppdf.so on my system) this is the plugin that is so flaky and causes the problems. Now you have no embedded acrobat reader? but there is a solution:
mozplugger - it is a bit old and unfashionable but it works everytime. It can use acroread, evince, kpdf, gv or okular to actually do the display of the pdf inside your browser. Personally I use okular despite the many bugs (stupid landscape printing bug, "can't zoom much" bug in okular etc etc).
mozplugger can do all sorts of other stuff such as embedded word docs via libre office etc - it is pretty cool and <just works>.
Watch out for your distro though - I'm using SUSE and it stupidly insists on installing yet another buggy npwrapper.nppdf.so every time it updates flash player. If you have installed mozplugger you just need to delete npwrapper.nppdf.so again and all will be working A-ok.
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Usually a PDF is opened by Preview, a native OS X application in your Mac system.
If you have a portable document file on your desktop, single-click it so it is highlighted but not try to open it, and then use Get Info from the finder menu, and look into the detail box that should open; you can choose to select what application opens a PDF. Look for Preview and choose it to open all files like this.
Or, if you have a recent version of Adobe Reader for Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2, from the App Store perhaps or direct from Adobe software web site, you could choose that as the application to open all or a single PDF. I have Preview for some, set as my choice to open; and also use Adobe Reader to open others. Some files seem to have more content appear, or appear correctly, depending on what application was used to author it.
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Safari won't display pdf in browser

Posted before in wrong forum.
I am really sorry if this has been posted before, but I have been searching the forums and can't find an answer to it. I was also looking for the FAQ article about this that Apple says is an answer, but can't find that either.
Anyway, using 10.4.11 and Safari 3.0.4. Safari won't display pdfs in the browser. It is gray with the Acrobat logo.
I remember reading that the solution is to uninstall (delete) Safari and reinstall 3.0.4. However, I cannot find an install for 3.0.4 for Mac, and then do something with Acrobat. I am using 3.0.4 because it was part of a bundled OS update. I can't go back and downgrade my OS...
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Back up all data.
Triple-click the line of text below to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste into the text box that opens (command-V), then press return.
From the folder that opens, remove any items that have the letters “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then quit and relaunch Safari, and test.
The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can also interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it as well, if it's present.
If you still have the issue, repeat with this line:
~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
If you don’t like the results of this procedure, restore the items from the backup you made before you started. Relaunch Safari again.

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I upgraded my Acrobat to version 11.0.10 just before the Christmas break. Din font is my corporate typeface and I used it yesterday to create an invoice in Mac Pages only to discover that I cannot view the pdf as the font won't display in Acrobat. And to add to the problem my clients who are using the same version of Acrobat are unable to view the font either on the pdf. It all worked fine before the upgrade.
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Please check if DIN font is embedded in your PDF by going to File > Properties > Fonts
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I don't believe a PDF can be displayed within the Notes app on iOS devices...probably because you can't attach a PDF to a note using iOS in the first place.

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Boy, you're quick!
I do have Acrobat Professional installed - how else would I have been able to build that form? - and just for the fun of it I also have Adobe Reader installed. Still, Opera and Firefox won't display the PDFs.
Which gives me an idea. I just contact their support to find out what to do.

After installing new HDD, some iPhoto Events/Photos won't display

Problem: I upgraded to 1TB HDD a couple of days ago and tried to use the System Restore from Backup under Disk Utility. It never worked, got to a blue screen and just hung. So I reloaded Snow Leopard and then used Setup Assistant to move Apps/Files/Settings from my Time Machine Backup.
Today I was going through files to see if anything was missing and found a number of Events from 2010 that wouldn't display in iPhoto '08, just dark squares but with the event name underneath.
Rolling the mouse over the empty square displayed the correct number of photos for the event but photos wouldn't display.
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