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January 24, 2024
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Suddenly...my Default PDF Viewer is Adobe....I did not select that.  I wish to delete this and return to Chrome or Word.  I can choose to use a different place to open, of course, but I see no options to make that choice Default.  Thanks.  Mini Mac.   Windows for Mac

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    Correct answer Elvic

    Probably you did it - the application is always pushing you to set it as default - which is very irritating. I also did it by mistake and spend literally hours trying to fix it. The standard way of "open with..." > "other" > "always open with" doesn't work for some reason. 
    I use Adobe Acrobat Pro and I am quite unsatisfied with the app. It doesn't match the frendliness of the MacOS system and make me feel like I am back on Windows - it bombards me with different pop-ups... I was struggling to turn off this auto OCR option... it OCRs an image set up as a background... what is the point?! Completely unsatisfied! On trial. Would never pay for that.

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    ElvicCorrect answer
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    February 27, 2024

    Probably you did it - the application is always pushing you to set it as default - which is very irritating. I also did it by mistake and spend literally hours trying to fix it. The standard way of "open with..." > "other" > "always open with" doesn't work for some reason. 
    I use Adobe Acrobat Pro and I am quite unsatisfied with the app. It doesn't match the frendliness of the MacOS system and make me feel like I am back on Windows - it bombards me with different pop-ups... I was struggling to turn off this auto OCR option... it OCRs an image set up as a background... what is the point?! Completely unsatisfied! On trial. Would never pay for that.

    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
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    January 24, 2024

    in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

    p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity Expert
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    January 24, 2024
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    Suddenly...my Default PDF Viewer is Adobe

    By @30802091

     

     

    Adobe is a company, not an application.

     

    What you are seeing is called "associations" and is done at the OS level: Mac Finder or Windows File Explorer.

     

    macOS

    Select your OS, as it changed in Ventura

    https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/choose-an-app-to-open-a-file-on-mac-mh35597/mac

     

    Windows

    https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-change-file-associations

     

    There are other links if you do a search for your OS and file associations.

     

    You posted to Using the Community, which is for questions about the forums. It really belongs on the Microsoft or Apple forums, but I've moved it to Creative Cloud Desktop for now.

     

    Jane

     

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