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Set PDF save location when viewing PDFs via Firefox Web Browsers
Firefox users trying to view pdf files from a web link are greeted with a dialog box asking if they'd rather open the file with a given application, or save it to disk. If they choose to save it to disk, it will be saved to their defined downloads location, as set in Firefox's Preferences. However, if they select Open With, and leave the application set to Preview (default), then Firefox will download the PDF to another location. Which location, exactly? The one specified in Safari's preferences.

To redirect the PDF download to a specific location, launch Safari and open its Preferences panel, click on General, and set the 'Save downloaded files to' selection box to the spot where you'd like those PDFs to land.

[robg adds: I'd never noticed this behavior, as I usually have all the browsers set to download to the same location. But some quick experimentation proved that Firefox does indeed use Safari's save-to location setting when opening a file from the "do what with this file?" dialog box.]
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Schubert|it PDF Plugin
Authored by: googoo on Dec 06, '06 10:38:11AM
The best way to deal with PDFs online is to use the Schubert|it PDF Plugin, available at http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/. In looking at the Web page, it seems there is no Intel version of the plugin, though. Perhaps somebody else can comment on its functionality on Intel Macs.

-Mark



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Schubert|it PDF Plugin
Authored by: frankxiv on Mar 13, '07 11:56:43PM

I have been unable to get the Schubert IT plugin to work on my MacBook Pro. It is very annoying not being able to open a pdf inside the browser.

Frank



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Re: Set PDF save location when viewing PDFs via Firefox
Authored by: Uncle Asad on Dec 08, '06 11:12:42AM

BTW, it's not "Safari's download location", it's the Mac OS X system download folder (defined in InternetConfig) which you can set in any app that reads the setting (e.g., Camino).



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Set PDF save location when viewing PDFs via Firefox
Authored by: horkstow on Dec 08, '06 04:41:35PM

This is not a problem for me. The web site that I use professionally makes its downloads available as FDF files, which Preview will not open, so I have Firefox set to open them in Adobe Reader. Oddly if you open an FDF document in Adobe Reader you can then save it as PDF.



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