On 7 Jul 2012, at 07:43, Michael Kraft wrote:

> <<< The best I have been able to do is to disable the built-in PDF viewer 
> (you do this in Chrome by navigating to "about:plugins").  Then Chrome will 
> simply download the PDFs. >>>
> 
> Thanks.  My 'plugins' list shows 'Chrome PDF Viewer' as the active PDF reader 
> app.  'Disable' is not selected, and 'Always allowed' is unchecked.  ( I 
> don't know what 'Always allowed' means -- is that another way of saying "this 
> is the default application for PDF's" if checked?)

I suppose that this means that it is not enabled.

> 
> Yet PDF's have been opening (automatically) in Preview (i.e., neither in SKIM 
> nor in Chrome's built-in reader).

Is Preview your default PDF reader (in the OS)?  If so, then that's what you 
have to change.  Use the finder to navigate to any PDF file and then go to 
File->Get Info.  This will open up an information window.  There is a section 
called "Open with" and ensure that you select Skim from the drop-down menu.  
Once you've done that, click on "Change All...".  This will make Skim the 
default PDF reader and Chrome should respect that choice.

Cheers,
        José



> 
> <<< If you like living dangerously, you can tell Chrome to always open PDF 
> files, in which case it will do so with Skim, provided that Skim is the 
> default application with which you open PDF files. >>>
> 
> That seems to bring me back to my original question:  How do I make Skim the 
> default reader app for PDF's (in Chrome)?
> is si --- On Fri, 7/6/12, José Miguel Figueroa-O'Farrill 
> <[email protected]> wrote
> From: José Miguel Figueroa-O'Farrill <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] How to make SKIM the default PDF Reader in 
> Google Chrome (for Mac)
> To: "For general discussion about using Skim" 
> <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 12:01 AM
> 
> 
> I have not managed to get Chrome to use Skim in the browser.  The best I have 
> been able to do is to disable the built-in PDF viewer (you do this in Chrome 
> by navigating to "about:plugins").  Then Chrome will simply download the 
> PDFs.  If you like living dangerously, you can tell Chrome to always open PDF 
> files, in which case it will do so with Skim, provided that Skim is the 
> default application with which you open PDF files.
> 
> Cheers,
>     José
> 
> 
> 
> On 6 Jul 2012, at 11:52, Michael Kraft wrote:
> 
> > Would appreciate instructions re: how to make SKIM the default PDF Reader 
> > in Google Chrome (for Mac).
> > 
> > Thanks.
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