Kevin, no this is an Adobe issue - it seems to hijack the PDF support. R simply uses "open" so it doesn't care who handles it - that is a system setting, it has nothing to do with R. Did you try setting Preview as your system viewer?
Cheers, Simon > On Feb 7, 2023, at 9:01 AM, Kevin Thorpe <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca> wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Simon. > > As near as I can tell I have a working Adobe reader. I checked for updates > and have the current version, it is just not set as my default viewer for > PDF. Why has it stopped working with the Mac Preview app? Is it related to > the loss of PS/EPS support? > > I would prefer not to have to set Adobe Reader as my default. I could try > removing and re-installing and see what happens. > > Kevin > > -- > Kevin E. Thorpe > Head of Biostatistics, Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) > Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital > Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health > University of Toronto > email: kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca Tel: 416.864.5776 Fax: 416.864.3016 > >> On Feb 6, 2023, at 2:45 PM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> >> wrote: >> >> Kevin, >> >> this looks like a problem with your Adobe installation - you seem to have >> the stub installed, but not an actual Adobe viewer. Perhaps look for >> uninstallation instructions for Adobe, reinstall it or ask their support? >> After upgrades it is often necessary to re-install 3rd party software. >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> >>> On Feb 7, 2023, at 5:14 AM, Kevin Thorpe <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca> wrote: >>> >>> I noticed today that I can no longer open PDF vignettes from the help >>> system in Ventura. I first noticed it in RStudio. Previously PDFs would >>> open in Preview but now they try to open in a web page. So, I tried in >>> native R (outside RStudio). I started the help system and went to the >>> survival package vignettes and tried to open one. I eventually got a Finder >>> window with the message, "AdobePDFViewer cannot find a compatible Adobe >>> Acrobat or Adobe Reader to view this PDF. Please select one.” At the top of >>> it. >>> >>> Besides Preview I do also have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed (but it is >>> not set as the default viewer for PDFs). >>> >>> Additionally, the following error appeared in the Console when I tried to >>> view a PDF vignette (for the sake of reproducibility I tried to load the >>> survival.pdf vignette). >>> >>> 2023-02-06 11:10:56.198 R[52961:4981916] CFURLResourceIsReachable failed >>> because it was passed a URL which has no scheme >>> >>> Has anyone else encountered this? >>> >>> Here is my sessionInfo() >>> >>>> sessionInfo() >>> R version 4.2.2 (2022-10-31) >>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit) >>> Running under: macOS Ventura 13.1 >>> >>> Matrix products: default >>> BLAS: >>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.2/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib >>> LAPACK: >>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.2/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib >>> >>> locale: >>> [1] en_CA.UTF-8 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>> >>> other attached packages: >>> [1] knitr_1.42 >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] compiler_4.2.2 tools_4.2.2 xfun_0.37 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kevin E. Thorpe >>> Head of Biostatistics, Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) >>> Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital >>> Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health >>> University of Toronto >>> email: kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca Tel: 416.864.5776 Fax: 416.864.3016 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >> > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
