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maggiee89730216
Participant
February 26, 2018
Frage

Acrobat Pro DC won't open files on Mac

  • February 26, 2018
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Acrobat Pro DC will no longer open files on my Mac. Does anyone know how to fix this? I have tried uninstalling and re-installing it and that did not help.

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justin_e
Participant
April 17, 2019

I had the same problem, rebooted, updated DC Pro, ect.

Problem was for some reason the Adobe window was hidden.  Was supper small, on the edge of the corner of my desktop. I had to scan my desktop looking for something out of place, then found something, expanded it and - there it was.  hope this helps.

Participant
October 30, 2018

I had the same problem, and after much research, figured out a solution that works for me. I use a second larger monitor connected to my MacBook Pro & the files were somehow not opening on the connected monitor. I went to Preferences>Full Screen> Which Monitor to use:>Biggest

Now all the files that wouldn't open before do.

Adorobat
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 21, 2018

Hi Jody Matthews,

Thank you for sharing your findings with us. It will surely help fellow users facing similar issue.

-Shivam

Wayne Scott
Participant
August 26, 2018

Ok, I have the same issue.  I tap on a file, Adobe opens the program, yet not files are displayed on the screen.  Then I read on this blog to tile the windows.  So I did.  Window>Tile>Vertical.  Bam!  They all showed up.  I was shocked.  No uninstall.  No sign in.  Just Tile the windows.  To test the validity, I closed adobe and went back to the file, tapped it, and it all worked.  Good luck.

ValAmiGA
Participant
September 9, 2018

Did the same for me   So weird! after hours of trying to fix it

Legend
April 17, 2018

I didn't ask whether the documents showed on screen but whether they were listed in the Window menu. So am I right that your problem is different because you can't even use the Window menu?

billd28817450
Participating Frequently
April 17, 2018

Sorry, we can't click the window menu. The cursor is spinning and no actions are possible with acrobat. Thanks

Legend
April 17, 2018

What exactly do you mean “spins”? Please answer too my second question.

billd28817450
Participating Frequently
April 17, 2018

When we try to open a document, we get the spinning wheel and it will stay like that forever and the document won't open. This happens on two different macs. For your second question, the documents don't show.

Legend
April 17, 2018

SO, what happened when you tried that? Did the "open" (invisible) documents show in the Window menu before and after?

billd28817450
Participating Frequently
April 17, 2018

The same problem. The document won't open and Adobe just spins.

Participant
April 17, 2018

I did try Window > Tile > Horizontal but this option was disabled. I found a solution that is either specific to me or it's happening to everyone. Instead, I tried, Window > Minimize All Windows and when I did that, I saw a sliver of something move down to the Mac's dock. I then maximized and saw where it went. I was able to get my mouse to turn to a resize handle to reveal the Acrobat Home menu! My issue was that I have dual monitors and Mac apps don't expand across two monitors, so this sliver of the Acrobat launch screen was only on one monitor. I'm so happy this fixed the issue. Maybe the home menu is loading by default in a very small size? Well, maybe this is what is happening to others. Good luck!

Participant
May 24, 2018

Christ on a cracker it finally worked!

Everything in this post worked for me until it came time to grab that little sliver and resize it... it was too small to prompt the resize handles. I changed my monitor's resolution to blow everything up bigger and that did the trick. (System preferences > displays > select 'scaled' radio button and choose a new resolution).

billd28817450
Participating Frequently
April 17, 2018

We have the exact same problem on multiple machines. Have contacted Adobe support multiple times, but they never help and never call us back.

Legend
April 17, 2018

Did you try the solution posted immediately before you? Window > Tile > Horizonal has worked for many people.

billd28817450
Participating Frequently
April 17, 2018

We tried that and also the uninstall/reinstall of the application. Thanks.

Participant
April 16, 2018

I had the same problem and finally worked out that a "hidden" window on my MacBook was waiting for me to sign in to my Adobe account to activate the software.  Try to open Acrobat Pro again and tile your windows to see if that's the issue.

Participant
June 10, 2018

This solved my issue. Thanks

jayants33240872
Inspiring
February 27, 2018

You need to elaborate the problem so that somebody can help you that if you are getting any error code or not. if you have checked the default program for opening the pdf files.

Participant
March 20, 2018

It doesn't get any more accurate than what the OP said. Acrobat Pro DC simply won't open any PDF documents. Even by going to File > Open and finding a PDF to open, the application does nothing, and no messages are displayed to the user.

Karl Heinz  Kremer
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 20, 2018

The first thing I do when I run into odd problems on my Mac is to reboot. We Mac users are not used to rebooting our computers on a regular basis (back when I used Windows, I made sure to reboot at least once a day). If Acrobat still does not open PDF files after that, I would uninstall and run Adobe's Cleaner tool (Download Adobe Reader and Acrobat Cleaner Tool - Adobe Labs ) - this will only work if you are running Acrobat as a standalone application, and not as part of the Creative Suite. After that, install Acrobat again from a fresh download. You can download the non-subscription version here: Download Pro or Standard versions of Acrobat DC | Non-subscription

And this is the download link for the subscription version:  Download and install Acrobat DC subscription