Problem downloading pdf's from Adobe site

Question

Hello:
First of all, thank you very much for your time and help in troubleshooting this issue. The issue is as follows: I downloaded Acrobat Reader 9 and it is successfully installed in my applications folder on my Mac. I am trying to download some pdf's from Adobe's Visual Design curriculum. Every time I attempt to click on these links, I get a redirect to install Acrobat Reader 9. It is already installed. I should be able to directly view the pdf but I keep getting this window to download Acrobat 9. I am not sure why I cannot access these documents. I did successfully read one but I haven't been able to read the other five that I tried. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this issue, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your support.

Answer 1

I also had problems with Adobe Reader 933 on my Mac. I found this info (below).
I deleted and re-installed the Adobe PDF Viewer plugin several
times...eventually something connected. Reader now works, even with the Adobe
plugin installed.
I don't know why or how, but that's OK with me.
...hope this helps,
Don
Configuring Acrobat to display PDF files in Safari
Drag the Acrobat application folder from the CD (or disk image) to the
Applications folder to install Acrobat. The first time you start Acrobat you
will be prompted to accept the end user licence agreement (EULA) and register
Acrobat. After you accept the EULA, Acrobat runs a Self-healing procedure which
checks for any Acrobat components that need to be installed in other
applications. The self-healing process installs the Adobe PDFViewer plug-in
file. The AdobePDFViewer.plugin file is the main file used by Acrobat to view
PDF files in the Safari browser on Mac OS X is the Adobe PDFViewer.plugin; this
file is installed in the Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder.
If you updated or reinstalled your copy of Safari in order to view PDF files,
then do the following:
     1. Completely remove the old version of Safari.
     2. Install the latest version of Safari.
     3. Remove the Adobe PDFViewer.plugin from the Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder.
     4. In Acrobat run Help > Detect And Repair and choose Adobe PDFViewer.
The first time you start Acrobat or Adobe Reader 8 on Mac OS X, it will
automatically install itself as the default PDF viewer for Safari. In order to
turn this off, start Acrobat or Adobe Reader, go to Preferences > Internet and
uncheck the "Display PDF in Browser" option. This will cause the PDF to display
inside the Safari window using its native PDF viewer.
Known issues
The following issues have been noted:
When you upgrade from Adobe Reader or Acrobat from 7 to 8 on a Mactel
machine, PDF files no longer show in the Safari window. Instead a large Acrobat
or Adobe Reader icon displays in the middle of the Safari window. This is caused
by running Safari under Rosetta; Acrobat and Adobe Reader 8 will not show PDF
files in Safari run under Rosetta, whereas Acrobat and Adobe Reader 7 shows PDFs
in Safari only under Rosetta. To work around this, you have to turn off Rosetta
for Safari, or start Acrobat or Acrobat Reader and go to Preferences > Internet
and turn off Display PDF In Browser; PDF files will be viewed in Safari using
the Mac OS X native PDF viewing engine after this.
When you upgrade Adobe Reader or Acrobat from 7 to 8, PDF files no longer
show in other non-Safari browser windows. Instead a large Acrobat or Reader icon
displays in the middle of the browser window. This is because the PDF viewing is
not supported for any WebKit-based applications other than Safari. Work around
this by starting Acrobat or Adobe Reader, and choosing Preferences > Internet
and turning off Display PDF In Browser.
Self-healing
If the AdobePDFViewer files are deleted, then they will be self-healed after you
start Acrobat again after the files were deleted. You can also fix Safari
manually by choosing Help > Repair Acrobat Installation.