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Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks)

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In article <dorayme-4203B8.08400008112013@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
<dorayme@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article <barmar-964ED1.15170207112013@news.eternal-september.org>,
>  Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > it seems like there are different kinds of PDF files, and some of the 
> > contents may render them "unsafe". When they're not safe, you have to 
> > open them manually.
> 
> Interestingly, there are *some* PDFs that will happily open in iCab in 
> Schubert's PDF plugin but will give an error when the Open in External 
> Viewer button (in that plugin) is pressed. I don't think in this case 
> it is about safety, but I don't know this. On Snow Leopard.

The PDF standard comes in different versions, so it depends on what
version the reader application can understand. It also depends on how
close to the standards the application making the PDF was.

Some PDF documents open fine on my Mac OS X 10.2 PowerMac, some throw
up an error saying "some things may not display properly" but still
show up on-screen, and others refuse to open at all. Some will not work
in Preview, but work fine in full Acrobat. If I copy them across to the
Mac OS X 10.5 MacBook, then most of them open fine on that, but some
still cause errors.

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Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2013-11-06 20:51 -0800
  Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-06 23:17 -0800
    Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-11-07 08:30 -0500
      Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-07 07:25 -0800
        Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2013-11-07 10:54 -0800
          Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-11-07 14:07 -0500
            Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) notme <notme@notme.org> - 2013-11-07 11:13 -0800
              Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-11-07 14:35 -0500
                Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2013-11-07 11:54 -0800
              Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-11-08 08:34 +1100
          Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-07 15:10 -0800
    Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-07 19:36 +0000
      Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2013-11-07 11:56 -0800
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    Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-11-07 20:20 +0000
  Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-11-08 08:58 +1300
    Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2013-11-07 12:05 -0800
      Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-11-07 15:17 -0500
        Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2013-11-08 08:40 +1100
          Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-08 18:37 +1300
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          Re: Getting Safari to open PDF files in Preview, NOT Safari (under Mavericks) Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-07 23:00 -0800
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