Mac OS: Check if Adobe is installed

Question

I am a complete beginner in Mac OS. I am currently working on a USB stick that will run on Windows and Mac. In both cases, a batch script should run first, which checks whether the Adobe Reader is installed or not. If not, then an attached HTML with installation notes should be opened.

So my question is, how to detect on Mac OS if the Reader is installed?

Or is it always installed at the same location like: /Applications/Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.app/Contents/MacOS/AdobeReader

For Windows I found that:

windows - Automatically find installation directory of application and run batch command inside folder - Super User

Thank you!

Test Screen Name · Accepted Answer

You are nearly correct. Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Standard (on Windows only). You can actually try using "open -a" in a command line to open an application by name wherever it is. Mac has an application database.

Test Screen Name · Answer

Before answering, why specifically do you care? What you may not know is that EVERY Mac has a PDF reader already. Why not just use it? Similar issues apply on Windows. Only people with Windows 7 MIGHT NOT have a PDF viewer already.

Also, what if someone has Acrobat Pro (paid for)? Telling them to install Reader May make them Cross.

Finally, there is no such thing as autorun in Mac.

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