Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
I have discovered a down side to opening PDFs with Safari, as opposed to Adobe Reader (at least, it is a down side in my opinion). That is, with Adobe Reader, I can highlight, copy and paste text from PDFs directly into other apps, such as Mail. Using Safari, the copied text has to be pasted into TextEdit first, then copied again in order to paste into Mail. Pat On 17/06/2009, at 1:32 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Richard, Safari will open a pdf automatically provided you haven't checked Adobe Reader to open pdf's in the browser. Are you using Adobe Reader or Acrobat as the engine for seeing PDF's in Safari. If so, it's usual for the screen to appear black while the entire PDF loads. When fully loaded the PDF ought to appear. By contrast, viewing via Apple's Preview within Safari creates a grey screen with a progress loading bar. Same situation as Adobe, i.e. the PDF does not appear until fully loaded, In regard to the blank Black page you are experiencing ... Remove the plugin Adobe in the HD /library/InternetPlugins to your desktop. See if you can view a PDF correctly then in Safari. If so you can trash the plugin, if not you can place it back in the Internet Plugins. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
If you don't already have it Safari 4.0.1 has just been released, maybe that will help. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 18/06/2009, at 3:34 PM, Pat wrote: I have discovered a down side to opening PDFs with Safari, as opposed to Adobe Reader (at least, it is a down side in my opinion). That is, with Adobe Reader, I can highlight, copy and paste text from PDFs directly into other apps, such as Mail. Using Safari, the copied text has to be pasted into TextEdit first, then copied again in order to paste into Mail. Pat On 17/06/2009, at 1:32 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Richard, Safari will open a pdf automatically provided you haven't checked Adobe Reader to open pdf's in the browser. Are you using Adobe Reader or Acrobat as the engine for seeing PDF's in Safari. If so, it's usual for the screen to appear black while the entire PDF loads. When fully loaded the PDF ought to appear. By contrast, viewing via Apple's Preview within Safari creates a grey screen with a progress loading bar. Same situation as Adobe, i.e. the PDF does not appear until fully loaded, In regard to the blank Black page you are experiencing ... Remove the plugin Adobe in the HD /library/InternetPlugins to your desktop. See if you can view a PDF correctly then in Safari. If so you can trash the plugin, if not you can place it back in the Internet Plugins. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
On 18/06/2009, at 3:52 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: If you don't already have it Safari 4.0.1 has just been released, maybe that will help. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com Yes, Safari 4 definitely supports copying text from PDFs. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
On 17/06/2009, at 12:16 PM, Richard Anderson wrote: When I go to webpages with a .pdf, all I get is a blank (black) page. I think this might have arisen when I upgraded to OS 10.4.11 and I have also upgraded to Safari 3.0.4 and Adobe Reader 9.1.2. Seems to suggest when things work, don't upgrade! But can any one help me on this, please. Dick Anderson Try this: Go to /Library/Internet Plug-ins (that's the one at the main level of your hard drive, not your home folder) and create a new folder. I've called mine Not used. Locate the Adobe plugin and move it to your new folder. Re-launch Safari, and see what happens when you try to open a PDF. It should open nice and clean. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
Hi Folks, I have been using this pdf Browser plug in - It is better than the Adobe product. It is free for personal and educational use. http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/ Norman Leslie Bunbury nwles...@mac.com On 18/06/2009, at 8:18 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 17/06/2009, at 12:16 PM, Richard Anderson wrote: When I go to webpages with a .pdf, all I get is a blank (black) page. I think this might have arisen when I upgraded to OS 10.4.11 and I have also upgraded to Safari 3.0.4 and Adobe Reader 9.1.2. Seems to suggest when things work, don't upgrade! But can any one help me on this, please. Dick Anderson Try this: Go to /Library/Internet Plug-ins (that's the one at the main level of your hard drive, not your home folder) and create a new folder. I've called mine Not used. Locate the Adobe plugin and move it to your new folder. Re-launch Safari, and see what happens when you try to open a PDF. It should open nice and clean. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
Thanks for advice about downloading pdfs. As suggested, I removed the Adobe plugin and solved the problem. Funny I would have thought the plugin would be needed! Dick Anderson On 18/06/2009, at 8:18 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 17/06/2009, at 12:16 PM, Richard Anderson wrote: When I go to webpages with a .pdf, all I get is a blank (black) page. I think this might have arisen when I upgraded to OS 10.4.11 and I have also upgraded to Safari 3.0.4 and Adobe Reader 9.1.2. Seems to suggest when things work, don't upgrade! But can any one help me on this, please. Dick Anderson Try this: Go to /Library/Internet Plug-ins (that's the one at the main level of your hard drive, not your home folder) and create a new folder. I've called mine Not used. Locate the Adobe plugin and move it to your new folder. Re-launch Safari, and see what happens when you try to open a PDF. It should open nice and clean. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au R. A. Anderson. 65 Dalkeith Rd., Nedlands, W.A. 6009 (08) 9386 4405 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
On 18/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Richard Anderson wrote: Thanks for advice about downloading pdfs. As suggested, I removed the Adobe plugin and solved the problem. Funny I would have thought the plugin would be needed! Dick Anderson I stand to be corrected regards version numbers, but from memory Safari has has a built-in PDF reader since 2.0. I certainly abandoned the Adobe plugin years ago. The Safari reader has little to no visible interface (except for a minimal translucent toolbar in 3.x), but most of what you want is achievable via the contextual menu. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
On 18/06/2009, at 11:35 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 18/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Richard Anderson wrote: Thanks for advice about downloading pdfs. As suggested, I removed the Adobe plugin and solved the problem. Funny I would have thought the plugin would be needed! Dick Anderson I stand to be corrected regards version numbers, but from memory Safari has has a built-in PDF reader since 2.0. I certainly abandoned the Adobe plugin years ago. The Safari reader has little to no visible interface (except for a minimal translucent toolbar in 3.x), but most of what you want is achievable via the contextual menu. My Reply to Richard's email the other day: Safari will open a pdf automatically provided you haven't checked Adobe Reader to open pdf's in the browser. Are you using Adobe Reader or Acrobat as the engine for seeing PDF's in Safari. If so, its usual for the screen to appear black while the entire PDF loads. When fully loaded the PDF ought to appear. By contrast, viewing via Apple's Preview within Safari creates a grey screen with a progress loading bar. Same situation as Adobe, i.e. the PDF does not appear until fully loaded, In regard to the blank Black page you are experiencing ... Remove the plugin Adobe in the HD /library/InternetPlugins to your desktop. See if you can view a PDF correctly then in Safari. If so you can trash the plugin, if not you can place it back in the Internet Plugins. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
Hi Dick, When I go to webpages with a .pdf, all I get is a blank (black) page. I think this might have arisen when I upgraded to OS 10.4.11 and I have also upgraded to Safari 3.0.4 and Adobe Reader 9.1.2. If you need to see the PDFs on website, you can control-click on each links, which will display a popup menu, from which you choose 'Download Linked File'. Then you can double-click the files to open them in Adobe Reader or Preview. Regarding the problem with Safari, the current version of Safari 3 is 3.2.3, but you say you have the older version 3.0.4. It sounds like an issue with the Adobe Reader web plug-in, but I don't know specifically. It is interesting that you get black blank pages instead of white blank pages -- hopefully this will help someone identify the solution for you. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
On 17/06/2009, at 12:50 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Dick, When I go to webpages with a .pdf, all I get is a blank (black) page. I think this might have arisen when I upgraded to OS 10.4.11 and I have also upgraded to Safari 3.0.4 and Adobe Reader 9.1.2. If you need to see the PDFs on website, you can control-click on each links, which will display a popup menu, from which you choose 'Download Linked File'. Then you can double-click the files to open them in Adobe Reader or Preview. Dick, Are you waiting long enough for the file to download ? Some of these PDF files are Megabytes long and will not go from black to file until it is all downloaded . Using James method above is a better way because you should get the Download window showing you the download progress . Bob Regarding the problem with Safari, the current version of Safari 3 is 3.2.3, but you say you have the older version 3.0.4. It sounds like an issue with the Adobe Reader web plug-in, but I don't know specifically. It is interesting that you get black blank pages instead of white blank pages -- hopefully this will help someone identify the solution for you. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari
On 17/06/2009, at 12:50 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Dick, When I go to webpages with a .pdf, all I get is a blank (black) page. I think this might have arisen when I upgraded to OS 10.4.11 and I have also upgraded to Safari 3.0.4 and Adobe Reader 9.1.2. If you need to see the PDFs on website, you can control-click on each links, which will display a popup menu, from which you choose 'Download Linked File'. Then you can double-click the files to open them in Adobe Reader or Preview. Regarding the problem with Safari, the current version of Safari 3 is 3.2.3, but you say you have the older version 3.0.4. It sounds like an issue with the Adobe Reader web plug-in, but I don't know specifically. It is interesting that you get black blank pages instead of white blank pages -- hopefully this will help someone identify the solution for you. James Hi Richard, Safari will open a pdf automatically provided you haven't checked Adobe Reader to open pdf's in the browser. Are you using Adobe Reader or Acrobat as the engine for seeing PDF's in Safari. If so, it's usual for the screen to appear black while the entire PDF loads. When fully loaded the PDF ought to appear. By contrast, viewing via Apple's Preview within Safari creates a grey screen with a progress loading bar. Same situation as Adobe, i.e. the PDF does not appear until fully loaded, In regard to the blank Black page you are experiencing ... Remove the plugin Adobe in the HD /library/InternetPlugins to your desktop. See if you can view a PDF correctly then in Safari. If so you can trash the plugin, if not you can place it back in the Internet Plugins. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
