For the best and most secure experience of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader, we recommend using the software on a supported operating system: OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.9 (Mavericks), or 10.10 (Yosemite).
Contents. Change the Default PDF Reader to Preview Preview is a PDF and image viewer made by Apple that comes installed with the Mac OS. While many web sites direct you to download Adobe Reader to open PDFs, I recommend that you use Preview instead, as it’s faster and less clunky than Reader, and it has more user-friendly annotation tools.
If Preview isn’t already the default PDF viewer on your Mac (meaning that it’s the app that launches if you double-click on a PDF file), follow these steps to make it the default. (1) Find the file in your Finder and right-click (or control-click) on it to access the contextual menu. Select “Get Info.” (2) In the Get Info dialog box that opens, use the dropdown menu of applications under Open With to select Preview. (3) To change your default settings so that all PDFs automatically open in Preview when you double-click on them, click on the “Change All” button and confirm your change.
You can always open a specific PDF file within Adobe Reader, if you’d prefer. Change the Default for Other File Types You can also apply these steps to change the default app that opens other file types, such as images or audio. For example, I use Preview as the default for jpg and png files and QuickTime X as the default for audio and video. For instructions, see: Open Only Select Files in Preview If you don’t want to make Preview the default app to open a file type, you can still open individual files in Preview rather than whatever you have set as the default.
Find the file in your Finder and right-click (or control-click) on it to access the contextual menu. Choose “Open with” and then select Preview from the menu of suitable applications that appears.
Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free software tool to view, print, and comment on PDF files. It is also connected to the Adobe Document Cloud − allowing you to work across devices. Despite its usefulness, you may need to uninstall Adobe Reader for some reason. In this article, we will tell you 2 ways of removing Adobe Reader completely, including the latest version of the software – Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
Way 1 – Uninstall Adobe Reader with App Cleaner You can easily delete Adobe Acrobat with the help of Adobe Reader removal tool. Just follow these 4 easy steps:. Launch App Cleaner and scan your hard drive (the app does it automatically). Find Adobe Reader in the list of your apps. Select all Adobe files and click to Remove. Please note, Adobe Reader has a lot of service files that are also used by other Adobe applications. If you have several Adobe applications installed, those shared service files will not be available for removal, until you have more than one Adobe app.
If you have only one Adobe app, you will see all its service files and will be able to remove them. Also, make sure in the Preferences that App Cleaner searches for service files in the System folders. If your Adobe Reader had internet plugins and, after the removal, it shows you some notifications, check the Extensions tab → Internet Plugins and remove the Adobe Reader plugin. Way 2 – How to Uninstall Adobe on Mac Manually.
Go to the Applications folder in the Finder. Find and remove the Adobe Reader application to the Trash.
Empty the Trash. But this is not the end! At this point, you have removed only the executive part stored in the Applications folder, while all the service files, caches, logs and other debris still remain on your Mac. To delete all of them you have to go to the following locations: Use ⌘+⇧+G shortcut to get to the folder. Find and remove the follofing files. Library Application Support Adobe Library Caches Adobe Library Saved Application State com.adobe.Reader.savedState Library Caches com.adobe.Reader Library Caches com.adobe.InstallAdobeAcrobatReaderDC Library Preferences Adobe Library Preferences com.adobe.Reader.plist Library Preferences com.adobe.AdobeRdrCEFHelper.plist Library Logs AdobeADMLogs Library Logs Adobe Library Cookies com.adobe.InstallAdobeAcrobatReaderDC.binarycookies.Tilda before the “Library” means that the folder is hidden. If you don’t know how to display hidden files and folders, read our previous article How to.
Then, empty the Trash and voila! You’ve completely removed Adobe Acrobat Reader.