Ah well, it's really no biggy. :) I was just wondering if I was missing something, and, yes, hoping the teeniest little bit. :) thanks for the pointers.
Teresa "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. Feynman On May 30, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Kayaker <sea...@me.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The pdf file type is supported inline with Safari. Just like you don't have > every image JPEG open in a graphics program, so is it with PDFs. There used > to be a setting in Snow Leopard that allowed Safari to open PDF files in > Preview, but that got cut with Lion, as I recall. I also miss this feature. > > What I tend to do, is actually have Safari open the pdf, then I use the > contextual menu on the pdf to open in preview. This eliminates the need for > the download and open. It's a little faster than the way you describe, and > you don't have to clean up your downloads folder. If you wish to actually > save the pdf locally, you can do a save as from preview and put it where ever > you want. > > I know it's not the answer you were hoping for. > > Best, > --k > > Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the > questions. > > > > On May 30, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi, folk, >> >> I've been looking at ways to have pdfs open in Preview instead of Safari. I >> can press option-enter on the link to download the file, then open it from >> downloads. I've looked in the info window, but it says that pdfs open with >> preview. I next reviewed settings in Preview preferences, but couldn't find >> anything related to viewing in Safari. Is there a setting I'm missing, or >> will I need to use the option-enter method? >> >> Thanks, >> Teresa >> >> On the other hand, there are different fingers. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
