Hi guys I took Adobe off my computer completely, so now we'blind see what happens when I go to my bank's web site and want to look at payroll the tax returns I filed. I was getting tired of becoming trapped in what might as well be a blank screen.
Regards, Gigi On Apr 24, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Just FYI the following article from MacWorld confirms what Esther said: > http://www.macworld.com/article/2027011/bugs-and-fixes-pdfs-saved-from-the-web-fail-to-open.html > > Seems you need to delete both adobe plugins. > > On 24/04/2013, at 12:24 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi Gigi, > > OK, I found instructions on the names of the two files to remove. If you > installed this system wide, they will be in the system /Library/Internet > Plug-Ins/ folder. If you installed these only for your account, they will be > in the Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ folder under your user account. I think > that Adobe Reader tries, by default, to make Adobe Reader the default > browser option for everyone on your Mac, so they may be in the system > /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ folder. > > From a reply in the Adobe support forums to a post by a Mac user who was > trying to remove Adobe Reader from his system: > > "To resolve this, go to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and remove > AdobePDFViewer.plugin and AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin" > > You'll need to close and relaunch Safari after you've done this. > > Also, for anyone who actually wants to use the Adobe Plug-Ins for Safari, but > is having difficulty viewing the PDFs, on Snow Leopard systems you need to > launch Safari in 32-bit mode for the plug-ins to display PDFs correctly. > This is solved by selecting the Safari application in Finder, using Command-I > to "Get Info" and then checking the box for "Open in 32-bit mode". > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On 23 Apr 2013, at 15:56, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Gigi, >> >> You can disable and delete browser extensions in Safari preferences, from >> the "Extensions" tab, but the only way you can remove browser plug-ins is to >> delete them from the ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ folder of your account, >> as I believe Tim Kilburn instructed you. If the plug-ins that you either >> move or delete from this location are named "Adobe", then nothing else will >> get disabled except for these functions. If you want to take precautions, >> move the plug-ins to another location, such as your Desktop. That way you >> can always move them back, if they perform some other needed function. >> Sorry, I cannot tell you the name of the Adobe plug-in files, since I've >> avoided installing their plug-ins since Tiger. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On 23 Apr 2013, at 14:00, Eugenia Firth wrote: >> >>> Hi there >>> I couldn't find the option for disabling plug-ins and Safari preferences. I >>> will look again. No, nobody else but me uses my Mac. If I disable plug-ins, >>> however, is there anything else that will get disabled besides Adobe? >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Apr 22, 2013, at 7:52 PM, Nicholas Parsons >>> <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Can't you just uninstall Adobe Reader from your user account anyway as you >>>> shouldn't need it? Or do other people use your account who like Adobe? I >>>> would have also thought you could disable plugins from the Advanced tap in >>>> Safari Preferences. >>>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
