Some PDFs won't download in Safari

I can't seem to open and view some pdf files. If I click on a file, it opens a new tab and offers to view file in iBooks, but there is just a blank page, no file to view. Help please.

Installed Firefox, still have the issue...videos play just fine when I log in as a guest but not in my user account???

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    I deleted the AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin but it doesn't solve the problem.
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    I encountered the same problem.  In my case, the culprit was a plug-in in the Internet Plug-Ins sub-folder of my User Account's Library folder.
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    I have a web site that I manage for some clients. They
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    When I go to a site and click to download a PDF, all I get is a black screen when Safari is in 64 bit mode. If I switch to 32 bit, the PDF opens up just as it always did and I can then save it or print it. What gives?

    Greetings,
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    Hi,
    Since Mountain Lion I have a problem with safari. I hoped that upgrading to Mavericks would help, but it didn't.
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    The plugin is where I said it was. You're looking in the wrong place. Let's try again.
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    How can I get Safari to open PDFs normally? I can't seem to find any relevant preference settings in either Safari or Acrobat which have any effect on this problem.
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  • Mac - PDFs won't open in Safari

    My employer uses a system that uses online PDF forms.  It's not working on my system.  Running MacOS 10.6.4, Safari 5.0.1 (6533.17.8), and Adobe Reader 9.3.4.  I have removed Adobe Reader app, including the plugin in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins, and re-installed Reader.  When I click on a pdf in the browser, it just downloads, and does not open in the browser.  How can this be resolved?

    In Snow Leopard, Safari is a 64-bit application.  But Adobe hasn't updated their plugin to run in 64-bit mode; that's why it's not loading in Safari.
    But you can force Safari to run in 32-mode, and then the Adobe plugin works as expected.
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    Relaunch Safari
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  • PDF won't view in safari

    Hi
    When I try to open or view PDF files on the web with Safari the page wont load. This is a big problem for me as I am a student. any Ideas
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    We were having the same issues at my work. My IT staff and I figured out that Safari must have been having difficulties communicating with the PDF program.
    PDFs would load fine in all other internet browsers on the Mac (Firefox, IE, Netscape) without problems. It was definitely a Safari-related issue.
    You might want to try what Klaus has suggested.
    Or, of that doesn't work for any reason, you can try the steps below (which worked here for us -- we are currently on Safari 3.0):
    1. Remove your Adobe Acrobat Reader program from your machine. Find its folder in the Applications folder and delete it.
    2. Go to adobe.com and download their latest Acrobat Reader program. Install. When asked if you want to make it your default PDF viewer, tell it YES.
    3. Shut down your Safari and try again.
    PDFs should load fine after this fix.

  • Adobe PDF won't download

    I got an email from the HR dept of my new job and it includes a PDF attachment for me to download. When I try to download it just has a pop up that says to download the latest version of Adobe. When I do that, it still just keep saying the same thing. I took it to an Apple store and the "genius" said that I may just have to get a cheap PC for these type of attachments. Really? $1200 computer and it can't download a certain type of attachment?
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    Fixed it. I just made sure to set Adobe Reader as my default PDF viewer. It opened it fine. This was an Adobe portfolio file and it is a huge relief that I figured this out as I don't have to go buy some cheap PC just for these files. As a note, the Apple "genius" should be fired (or educated). If I had already bought a PC I'd be very upset to learn that I didn't have to buy one after all.

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