If you want a quick PDF file to use for this tip, you can grab the Apple history book “The Macintosh Way” for free ( direct PDF link), or just launch any other PDF file sitting around on your Mac. This works in all versions of Mac OS X to change the default app to open PDF files.Ĭhoosing “Change All” will switch all like documents to open with that newly chosen application alongside the “Open With” option, so in this case it will restore the leaner and very capable Preview app as the default PDF viewer in OS X and prevent the lengthy launch of Acrobat anytime a PDF is opened. Here’s where this is located in the Get Info dialog window: With Preview.app selected, click on the “Change All” button.Click the pull-down menu and choose “Preview” from the list, or if it’s not visible, navigate to it by choosing “Other” and point to the Preview.app found in /Applications/.Click on the arrow next to “Open with:” to expand and access the default application list.

From the Mac OS X desktop or Finder, find a PDF file and hit Command+i to “Get Info” on the file.This works the same to set Preview as the default pdf viewer in all versions of Mac OS: Change the Default PDF Viewer in Mac OS X

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