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Nodgerelli
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February 23, 2011
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Adobe Reader for Mac OS 10.4.11

  • February 23, 2011
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I need to download a PDF off of my health insurance website (Anthem) and it is requiring that I have the latest version of Adobe Reader in order to do so.  I do not see a solution on here for how to get the latest Adobe Reader while running Mac OS 10.4.11 Intel.  What can I do?  Why won't it just let me download the form?  I don't even need to open it.  I just need to forward it to my dentist so I can get my medical insurance to pay for the teeth I broke in an accident.  Please help me.

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    Adobe Employee
    Karan Malik
    Adobe Employee
    February 24, 2011

    Hi,

    Is it that the website wants you to only have Adobe Reader X (10.0.1)?

    For OS X 10.4.11, officially the latest Reader from Adobe is Adobe Reader 9.4.2. You can try installing Adobe Reader 9.4.2 from:

    ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/9.x/9.4.0/en_US/AdbeRdr940_en_US_i386.pkg.zip

    Update it to latest version 9.4.2 from Help > Check for Updates after install. If the website still wants you to install Reader X, then it is the problem of Health Insurance website.

    Thanks,

    Karan

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    Anonymous
    March 10, 2011

    Hi Karan,

    I tried downloading the version at your link below, but it tells me I need Mac OS 10.5 or later. The same problem occurs when I try the downloads from the webpage- the dropdown list offers 10.4.11 - 10.5, but when I download it, it then tells me it won't work because it needs 10.5 or later. Any suggestions - anywhere I can get an older version??

    Thanks, Hannah

    Claudio González
    Claudio González
    Legend
    March 10, 2011

    You can download the earliest version 10 of Reader for the Mac from here:

    ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/10.x/10.0.0/en_US/

    Unfortunately, I have no idea if this will run under OS 10.4.11.

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    NodgerelliAuthor
    Participant
    February 23, 2011

    Here's the awesomely time-consuming and aggravating solution.  I found a PC which would allow me to view the PDFs but not download them for essentially the same money-grubbing reason.  So I'm going to print the forms, take them home, scan them, and create my own PDFs to forward to my dentist.  Sweet!  Thanks for the planned obsolescence and seventeen extra steps, Mac & Adobe.  Love you guys!

    MichaelKazlow
    MichaelKazlow
    Legend
    February 23, 2011

    The problem you are having are due to your insurance company, not Adobe. There is nothing preventing your insurance company from allowing anyone to download forms. There is nothing stopping your insurance company for making the forms compatible with Acrobat 6 or higher. It is your insurance company making you jump through hoops. Which incidentally sounds like a typical insurance company.

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