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Disable Safari's ability to handle PDF files
Authored by: Curlywee on May 25, '05 05:45:16AM

I too was initially disappointed with the move to in-line viewing of PDFs. But now that I've discovered the controls which Control-clicking brings up I'm beginning to prefer the new approach. The first option is to Open with Preview, so I can still do this if I wish, while the zoom and page controls are quite adequate for a cursory examination of documents.

I notice that PDFs which you elect to open with Preview are in the 'tmp' folder at the root level of one's HD. Are items cleared from here on quitting Safari? If so, this is preferable to cluttering up one's download folder with loads of redundant PDFs.

On balance I've now become converted to the new approach, and won't take advantage of this hint's helpful advice.



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Disable Safari's ability to handle PDF files
Authored by: Brock Lee on May 29, '05 08:48:35PM

Are items cleared from here on quitting Safari?

The items in /tmp are removed semi-regularly. They are not necessarily removed when Safari quits unless Safari itself does so. Otherwise, the operating system will clean it periodically.

It looks like this cleaning task is handled by the "daily" script (/private/etc/daily) which is run on a daily basis. And the policy built into the script is that items which have neither been created or accessed within the last three days will be removed.



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Disable Safari's ability to handle PDF files
Authored by: vikash on Mar 17, '06 08:11:29AM

Oh, thanks for the clue. I've been wondering how to access PDF controls in Safari preview. The ctrl+click does the trick. Deserves its own hint really!



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