Safari not opening PDF files

I had Acrobat Pro on Windows laptop.  Last weekend switched to MacBook Pro and upgraded to Acrobat X with help from Adobe Tech Personnel (and $215).  Now, I can open and create PDFs from Acrobat, but my Safari browser doesn't open PDF files when I click on them the way my Firefox did.  In fact, Safari just goes to black screen with little pinwheel in the middle spinning forever.   How do I tell my browser to use the Adobe Acrobat X app?  Thanks.
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I'm sure this is my first of many Mac questions regarding Adobe.
Don
Whitehouse, TX

What is the version of your Mac OS? Is Safari running in 64 bit (check from Safari->Get Info)? If yes, change it to 32-bit and try again.

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