Save a PDF from Safari

When I click on a PDF in Safari it opens in Safari. How can I save the PDF to a file?

First, you need to download a PDF reading app. You can download iBooks (free) or a different iPAD PDF reading program. After that, when your PDF is displayed in safari you can tap on the document and you'll have an option to "Open in ..." the PDF program. (I think this option may also appear at the top of the document in a menu bar when you first view it in Safari.) When it opens in iBooks, for example, it also saves a copy of the PDF on the bookshelf so that it is available without needing to go back to the website.

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When I save a pdf from Safari 7, the file is empty

Before I upgraded to MAvericks and Safari 7 I used to be able to save pdfs to my desktop with no problem. However, when I save now, all I get is an icon. When I try to open it, I get the message that the file is empty, and sure enough when I go to info the size of the file is zero.
As far as I can tell I am doing exactly the same as I was doing before upgrading.
What is wrong? And idea how I can fix this?

Better to save files to a designated folder in the Finder then the desktop.
Desktop preferences may be corrupted.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.desktop.plist file to the Trash
Try saving a PDF file.

SYSTEM CRASH with 'Save As PDF' in Safari

Since installing 10.6.4 my MacBook crashes whenever I attempt to "Save as PDF" in Safari. I am unable to force quit Safari or use any other application as the spinning beachball of death works its magic. I removed Safari 5 and replaced it with Safari 4.05 (using Time Machine) but this has no effect. All I can do is a hard reset to get my MacBook back from the abyss. I've just tried 'Save As PDF' from a Pages document and this worked fine.
Any ideas?

First thing I would do if I were you is find your Snow Leopard installer DVD, boot from it, and when you get to the point where there is a menubar across the top of your screen, go into Utilities and run Disk Utility's Repair Volume option. If errors, run it over and over until no more "file system was modified" messages are reported. Then run the Repair Permissions option. That one reports errors that never go away so don't worry so much about them. Then reboot, and google "10.6.4 combo update." Download the combo update and reapply it.
No Sno installer DVD? Then boot while holding down the ⌘s keys. When you get to a user prompt, type fsck -fy and run it over and over until you get no more "file system was modified" messages. Then type exit so the computer reboots. You can continue with the repair permissions and combo update bit after the computer has rebooted into GUI mode.

Pdf from safari won't open

When I save as a pdf from Safari, I get a file that "Acrobat could not open because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).

Back up all data before making any changes. Please take each of the following steps until the problem is resolved.
Step 1
If Adobe Reader or Acrobat is installed, and the problem is just that you can't print PDF's displayed in Safari, you may be able to print by moving the cursor to the the bottom edge of the page, somewhere near the middle. A black toolbar may appear under the cursor. Click the printer icon.
Step 2
There should be a setting in its preferences of the Adobe application such as Display PDF in Browser. I don't use those applications myself, so I can't be more precise. Deselect that setting, if it's selected.
Step 3
If you get a message such as ""Adobe Reader blocked for this website," then from the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
and check the box marked
Allow Plug-ins
Then click
Manage Website Settings...
and make any required changes to the security settings for the Adobe PDF plugin.
Step 4
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination 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, move to the Trash any items that have "Adobe" or “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then quit and relaunch Safari.
Step 5
The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it, if it's present. The same goes for a plugin called "iGetter," and perhaps others — I don't have a complete list. Don't remove Silverlight if you use the "Netflix" video-streaming service.
Step 6
Do as in Step 4 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.

I'm trying to open a PDF from Safari with iBooks, but when I choose "Open with ..." in Safari, only Pages and Dropbox show as options. I'm running iOS 7.1.2 and iBooks 3.2. Thanks for any ideas!

On my iPad, I'm trying to open a PDF from Safari with iBooks, but when I choose "Open with ..." in Safari, only Pages and Dropbox show as options. I'm running iOS 7.1.2 and iBooks 3.2. I have rebooted the iPad and that did not help, and reinstalled iBooks, which also changed nothing. Thanks for any ideas!

Yup, it was uploaded to our school Wiki as a PDF, and Pages did open it. I was then able to move it to iBooks, but I'd rather avoid the extra steps.

How do I save a pdf from Gmail to my adobe reader?

How do I save a pdf from Gmail to my adobe reader?
how can i solve this?

fats vee,
Please take a look at my replies and screenshots in the following forum post to transfer a PDF email attachment from the Gmail app for iOS to Adobe Reader for iOS.
How do I save a PDF attachment from Gmail to Adobe reader?
As I mentioned in the forum post, it requires many extra steps to transfer a PDF document from the Gmail app. This is because the Gmail app for iOS does not support "Open In..." as many other iOS apps do.
Please let us know if you have additional questions.

Preview won't open PDFs from Safari

If I try to open a PDF from Safari in Preview, the Preview icon just bounces in the dock. However, if I open a PDF that is already on my computer Preview opens with no issues.
Also, I can't get PDFs to download from Safari.
I checked settings and did a few searches but I found nothing. Have suggestions?

With Safari open click on 'Help' at the top of the screen.
Then click on installed plugins. Look for adobe or acrobat.
It may be that with safari, it is not trying to use preview?
Just a guess.

Printing to pdf from Safari 5.1.4, last 16 lines compressed leaving blank space at bottom of pg. No prob. wD/ IE or Word. Running Win 7, Dell Laptop.

When I print to “Adobe PDF” from Safari, the last several lines are compressed leaving blank space at the bottom of the page where the normal size lines would normally be. This does not occur when printing from Internet Explorer or MS Word. I am running Windows 7 on a Dell Laptop. Anyone know of a solution?

When I print to “Adobe PDF” from Safari, the last several lines are compressed leaving blank space at the bottom of the page where the normal size lines would normally be. This does not occur when printing from Internet Explorer or MS Word. I am running Windows 7 on a Dell Laptop. Anyone know of a solution?

Printing pdf from Safari

Now, when I try to print a pdf from Safari, the print window shows nothing to print, and subsequently, nothing prints. Does anyone know what's happening? It worked fine for years.

Hi
Don't rely on an HP updater to work. They don't quite understand a Mac mentality.
You can find the latest HP driver for your printer here.
Yes, a faulty printer driver will affect Safari's printing.
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Safari hijacked by Adobe Reader - cant open pdfs from Safari

I would greatly appreciate any help cant seem to find this exact problem elsewhere.
I have a Macpro (new tower) running 10.9.4
A few days ago I received an email from a trusted friend which included a link. I followed the link which asked me to download Adobe Reader which i foolishly did. Since then when I try to open a PDF from Safari I get the following message "Before viewing PDF documents in this browser you must launch Adobe Reader and accept the End User Licence Agreement, then Quit and relaunch the browser"
Please note I can still open PDFs from the Finder and other browser's (e.g. Opera) also allow me to download
I went to the Adobe site and downloaded Reader but it wont let me complete the installation. I fear my Mac has been infected by a trojan etc and can't seem to find out how to get around this.
So far I have tried
1) went to /Library/Internet Plug-ins - but nothing there
2) reinstall of Mavericks
Any help appreciated. I suppose a clean reinstall would help but don't want to do that just yet

Open a Finder Window.
Click on the Go in the menu bar.
Press on option on the keyboard, "Library" will appear. Click on that.
In the new Finder Window that it opens up, or the one that you have opened already. It'll show that particular folder. In that folder is Internet Plug-ins.
Check to see if Adobe is in there. If so, delete it and reboot.
I honestly thought it was in the same folder that you tried, but I don't remember at the moment. So my instructions are just a shot in the dark.
KOT

How to remove "Save as PDF" from context menu

The item "Save as PDF" leads to a commercial site called NITRO. I am trying to eliminate it from the context menu. I installed the add-on Menu Edit and changed the item Save as PDF from visible to hidden on my Windows 8.1 PC with Firefox 30. However, the item did not disappear from the context menu. Yet on my PC with Linux Mint 17 with Firefox 30 for Linux Mint the item is gone from the context menu. My PC s linked with Firefox Synch.
How can I remove this?

Such an entry in the context menu is likely added by a PDF related extension, so check your extensions.
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

When I save a PDF from Illustrator the art board is cropped or has moved. How can i stop this from h

When I save a PDF from Illustrator the art board is cropped or has moved. How can i stop this from happening?

What is your operating system?
Can you open that PDF with a text editor and check that the first four characters are '%PDF'.

Print- Save as PDF from Java applet on a webpage in Safari

I am on a Mac running OS X version 10.8.5 and Safari version 6.1.2. I am using the website www.wordle.net, which uses a Java applet to create a Wordle. The applet has a print button. The website FAQ says I should be able to save a Wordle as a PDF on a Mac. When I try to do this I get a small dialog that simply says "Error whilte printing."
Here is some of the system.log:
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local sandboxd[602] ([557]): java(557) deny file-write-create /private/var/folders/f0/c8r_ry6d4131x95phl6fv7kr0000gn/T/WebKitPlugin-f12Pu6/53 164c620f81b
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=1 label=[0x0-0x96096].com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2 path=/System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Image Capture Extension.app/Contents/MacOS/Image Capture Extension flags=0
Mar 4 16:57:54 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: ERROR: [ICCommandCenter launchAgent] - Failed to launch agent[1], status: -10810, url: 'file://localhost/System/Library/Image%20Capture/Support/Image%20Capture%20Exte nsion.app/'
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]:
          ***** Failed to launch Image Capture Extension.
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=1 label=[0x0-0x97097].com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2 path=/System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Image Capture Extension.app/Contents/MacOS/Image Capture Extension flags=0
Mar 4 16:57:54 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: ERROR: [ICCommandCenter launchAgent] - Failed to launch agent[1], status: -10810, url: 'file://localhost/System/Library/Image%20Capture/Support/Image%20Capture%20Exte nsion.app/'
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]:
          ***** Failed to launch Image Capture Extension.
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=1 label=[0x0-0x98098].com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2 path=/System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Image Capture Extension.app/Contents/MacOS/Image Capture Extension flags=0
Mar 4 16:57:54 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: ERROR: [ICCommandCenter launchAgent] - Failed to launch agent[1], status: -10810, url: 'file://localhost/System/Library/Image%20Capture/Support/Image%20Capture%20Exte nsion.app/'
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]:
          ***** Failed to launch Image Capture Extension.
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=1 label=[0x0-0x99099].com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2 path=/System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Image Capture Extension.app/Contents/MacOS/Image Capture Extension flags=0
Mar 4 16:57:54 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: ERROR: [ICCommandCenter launchAgent] - Failed to launch agent[1], status: -10810, url: 'file://localhost/System/Library/Image%20Capture/Support/Image%20Capture%20Exte nsion.app/'
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]:
          ***** Failed to launch Image Capture Extension.
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: spawn_via_launchd() failed, errno=1 label=[0x0-0x9a09a].com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2 path=/System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Image Capture Extension.app/Contents/MacOS/Image Capture Extension flags=0
Mar 4 16:57:54 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: ERROR: [ICCommandCenter launchAgent] - Failed to launch agent[1], status: -10810, url: 'file://localhost/System/Library/Image%20Capture/Support/Image%20Capture%20Exte nsion.app/'
Mar 4 16:57:54 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]:
          ***** Failed to launch Image Capture Extension.
Mar 4 16:57:55 Kroghs-iMac.local java[557]: Printing failed because PMSessionBeginCGDocumentNoDialog() returned -108.
I've removed the Adobe plug-ins from /Library/Plug-Ins
Print->Save to PDF works from Safari when I am on a regular webpage.
Print->Save to PDF works from Pages
Help! I want to make Wordles for the teachers at my kids school for Teacher Appreciation Week.

YES!!!!!!!
I was pulling my hair out last night over this. I noticed the Find function was not working properly. I KNEW there was something in the PDF and Preview was not showing it. I spent 2 hours trying to find someone with a similar Find function problem, but could not find much. Also, it could not copy and paste text. I KNOW it worked before because I had taken notes on this particular PDF and had copy and pasted whole paragraphs for myself into Pages. Which is what got me searching online tonight.
I re-downloaded the same PDF. When first opened in Preview, the Find and copy/paste functions worked. Same thing in Acrobat reader and Acrobat Pro. After confirming this, I re-opened it in Preview, highlighted some text and closed. It asked to Save Changes and I did. I immediately re-opened it, and guess what? Find no longer works and neither does copy/paste. Just to be sure, I tried re-opening in Acrobat reader and Pro; same thing. No copy/paste, corrupted Find feature. Well, copy/paste sort of functions, its just that it pastes a square with an alien head in it that says "Private Use 100000 Plane 16".
And finally, on some PDFs that have not even been saved in Preview, the Find function is not working properly also. It happened on the re-downloaded PDF I just talked about. It finds many instances of the word, bit the left and right arrows next to "Found on X# Pages are greyed out and do not move through the document. Once I go to the left pane that displays page thumbnails and click on a few different ones, THEN it starts working.
So yes, Apple, Preview is corrupting PDF files upon save, AND it is not working properly on other files. Please fix this. PLEASE.
And my specs are the same as Gary; iMac 27 inch Late 2009, Yosemite 10.10.1. Is ANYONE else having this issue with a different Mac?

Can't save PDFs from Safari or Firefox after latest (10.1.3) update

I just installed the latest update, and now when I open a PDF in Safari, I can't save it to my computer. I get a message saying "The document XXX.pdf could not be exported as XXX." When I try to do it from Firefox, the PDF won't even open. I tried deleting the plugins and reinstalling Reader and that didn't help. Any ideas? Thanks!

Hi mccradks1,
Regarding firefox, update it to version 10.0 or later and use it in 32-bit mode only.
To save pdf's in safari, please try using the save button in toolbar and see if it works.
Toolbar is present in two different forms:
1.
2. This toolbar appears when you hover the mouse at bottom of pdf screen.
Thanks,
Nikhil

Cannot print or save pdf from Safari

When I try to open a page in preview from Safari to save it to my document management program or print it from Preview, I get the error message "Error in printing". Any thoughts?

Back up all data before making any changes. Please take each of the following steps until the problem is resolved.
Step 1
If Adobe Reader or Acrobat is installed, and the problem is just that you can't print or save PDF's displayed in Safari, you may be able to do so by moving the cursor to the the bottom edge of the page, somewhere near the middle. A black toolbar should appear under the cursor. Click the printer or disk icon.
Step 2
There should be a setting in its preferences of the Adobe application such as Display PDF in Browser. I don't use those applications myself, so I can't be more precise. Deselect that setting, if it's selected.
Step 3
If you get a message such as ""Adobe Reader blocked for this website," then from the Safari menu bar, select
          Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
and check the box marked
          Allow Plug-ins
Then click
          Manage Website Settings...
and make any required changes to the security settings for the Adobe PDF plugin.
Step 4
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination 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 by pressing command-V, then press return.
From the folder that opens, move to the Trash any items that have "Adobe" or “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then quit and relaunch Safari.
Step 5
The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it, if it's present. The same goes for a plugin called "iGetter," and perhaps others—I don't have a complete list. Don't remove Silverlight if you use the "Netflix" video-streaming service.
Step 6
Do as in Step 4 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.

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