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revpdwilson
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January 25, 2025
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Acrobat icons not displaying correctly in Finder on Mac Sequoia.

  • January 25, 2025
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Subject: Acrobat Icons Not Displaying Correctly in Finder on iMac

 

Hi everyone,

 

I'm running the latest version of macOS (Sequoia) on my M4 iMac and have been experiencing an issue with Adobe Acrobat icons not displaying correctly in Finder. Despite following the correct process to set Acrobat as the default PDF reader (via Get Info > Open With > Change to Acrobat > Apply to All), PDF files still show the Mac Preview/Viewer icons instead of Acrobat icons.

 

I've used Acrobat on Windows PCs for years and appreciate the easy recognition of the red Adobe icon when viewing files and documents. All Microsoft Office icons (Word, Excel, etc) are displaying correctly in Finder, it's just the PDFs which remain stubbornly fixed as the Mac Preview/Viewer icon. 

 

Is there an additional setting I need to adjust in either macOS or Acrobat to resolve this? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance!

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Eric Dumas
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Eric DumasCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 25, 2025

Hi,

Can you confirm which application opens your pdf when you double click on a file?

Just to check if it is a display issue or a Association issue

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revpdwilsonAuthor
Participant
January 25, 2025

Thanks Eric,

Documents open in Adobe Acrobat when double clicking as that is how I've set the default PDF app. 

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revpdwilsonAuthor
Participant
January 26, 2025

Hi Eric,

Just to update you that the Adobe PDF icons appeared quite mysteriously in Finder today without me doing anything. It seems strange that it took so long, but at least they are now showing.
Many thanks. 
Paul. 

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