Firefox not opening PDF with Adobe Reader for Mac

Can't open PDF with Adobe Reader for Firefox on Mac

Can't open PDF files with Adobe Reader in Firefox browser on Mac? Don't worry! After you have read this article, you can find it so easy.

The problem

"Why can't I open PDF files with Adobe Reader with Firefox for Mac? How can I do with this condition?" Have you ever come across this problem? Have you solved your problem? If you haven't, this article is worthy reading.

The solution

You should check whether Adobe Reader is the default viewer. As is known, Adobe Reader is designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in PDF. However, the default application for viewing PDF files on the MAC OS X operating system is Preview.

What you need to do is set Adobe Reader as your computer's default PDF viewer in the Firefox browser. Firefox uses Preview as its default application for opening up PDF files, but some older PDF files may not open in Preview. Adobe Reader should open up these PDF files for MAC OS X users.

Set Adobe Reader as default PDF viewer

If you want to open your PDF files with Adobe Reader, first of you, you need set Adobe Reader as your default PDF viewer in Firefox browser on Mac OS X. Follow the instructions, you can learn it in several steps.

Select any PDF file and choose File > Get Info.

Choose Adobe Reader as your default PDF files viewer from the Browser in Download Action window.

Click OK to set Adobe Reader as your default PDF files viewer.