How can I download PDFs from Firefox?
When I try to download a pdf a blank tap opens with the link for the pdf location in the address bar. Then a pop-up window opens asking me, which file to open (on my computer) as if the pdf I am trying to open is on my local computer and not the web site I am going to... "I mean really, if it was on my computer would I really be using Firefox?" When I changed the preferences for how pdf's are handled to save the files this only opened a new, blank tap with the url in the address bar, it did not bring up the "Which file would you like to open" box....
This happened
Every time Firefox opened
== Week of July 12, 2010
All Replies (4)
Firefox is not a PDF reader. You need to download Adobe Reader from the Adobe site and then you can view PDFs from Firefox.
Thanks for your reply... I have always had the Adobe application on my computer. When the problem 1st arose I updated Acrobat and Firefox to their latest versions... But the problem still exists. I have no problem from Safari.... FYI - I am on a Mac...
I just had this exact same thing. To fix it I went to Firefox Preferences -> Applications and looked for Preview.app Document (application/pdf). I changed it to "Use Preview".
Preview was once the default but at some time I'd installed Adobe Acrobat reader. I'm not really interested in Adobe's product so I must have removed it. It's had security issues in the past.
Now PDFs render in Preview as they should. Hope this helps.
I have firefox 3.6.x running on PowerPC OS X 10.5.x
I tried your suggestion and unfortunately it did not work... I get the same "open" box that pops up asking me what file to open with no ability to select any application... I think that Firefox is asking me to find the pdf file on my hard drive is stead of pull it from the web... He's (Firefox) is confused...
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