How Do I Change The Default Program For Opening Pdfs On My Mac?

 



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OS X will give you a dialogue box asking if you want to change the associated application system wide. Click 'Continue' and now all of the files that are the same file format (.PDF,.Doc, etc.) will open with the new default application you just assigned. By default, Windows 10 uses Microsoft Edge as the default program to open PDF files. So when you double-click a PDF file to open it, it will be automatically opened in Microsoft Edge browser, whether a PDF reader is installed on your Windows 10 or not. Sometimes you may want to change the default program to open and view PDF files. Another method to change default PDF viewer on mac is enabling the “Always Open With” menu and choose your preferred viewer on mac. Right click on a PDF file, choose Open WithOther Then go to Enable, choose Recommended Applications and select the PDF viewer you want to set as default from the app list.

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Change the Default PDF Reader to Preview

Preview is a PDF and image viewer made by Apple that comes installed with the Mac OS. While many web sites direct you to download Adobe Reader to open PDFs, I recommend that you use Preview instead, as it’s faster and less clunky than Reader, and it has more user-friendly annotation tools.

If Preview isn’t already the default PDF viewer on your Mac (meaning that it’s the app that launches if you double-click on a PDF file), follow these steps to make it the default.

(1) Find the file in your Finder and right-click (or control-click) on it to access the contextual menu. Select “Get Info.”

(2) In the Get Info dialog box that opens, use the dropdown menu of applications under Open With to select Preview.

(3) To change your default settings so that all PDFs automatically open in Preview when you double-click on them, click on the “Change All” button and confirm your change. You can always open a specific PDF file within Adobe Reader, if you’d prefer.

Change the Default for Other File Types

You can also apply these steps to change the default app that opens other file types, such as images or audio. For example, I use Preview as the default for jpg and png files and QuickTime X as the default for audio and video.

How

For instructions, see: How to Change the Default App that Opens Files on a Mac

Open Only Select Files in Preview

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If you don’t want to make Preview the default app to open a file type, you can still open individual files in Preview rather than whatever you have set as the default.

How Do I Change The Default Program For Opening Pdfs On My Mac Computer

Find the file in your Finder and right-click (or control-click) on it to access the contextual menu. Choose “Open with” and then select Preview from the menu of suitable applications that appears.