Preview vs Acrobat Reader

There has to be a simple way to set things
in OS 10.3.2 so that Preview is the default
application for pdf files (my acrobat reader
takes forever to load), but haven't found
it. I can set pdf files one by one to open
in Preview, but would like to do it in a
fell-swoop.

While I'm asking, what are the virtues
of acrobat reader vis-a-vis those of
Preview?

Thanks,
CS

 

Open the "Get info" panel and then look under "Open with". You'll find
you can select anapplication to open that particular file with, and also
the opportunity to do the same for all similar (in this case pdf) files.

Don't quite know why you'd want to, though.

William Clark

 

Why you would want to is speed - amazing speed. I've used Reader and its
mothers for years. With the Panther upgrade, Preview is so much faster
it's not funny. The app opening speed is way, way faster. The paging
through the file is also stunningly faster. It even prints much faster.

The only reason I use Reader now is for those rare times I need to use
some of it's extra features.

Clyde

 

They didn't need to. While it was created by Adobe, Portable Document
Format is an open file format. Anyone can write software to create or
display PDFs without paying anything to Adobe.

 

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After reading these posts I'm motivated to try Preview again. But I can't
seem to find a way to set it as the preferred application for opening PDF files.

Any suggestions welcome.

 

Mark the document->get Info->Open With

Yours

sm

 

Ah, thanks. I'd only tried the contextual menu "open with", which doesn't
offer to "change all".

 

Actually, if you use the "Other..." item in the contextual menu (which
lets you choose any application, including the ones listed in the menu)
there is a check box labeled "Always Open With"

-- Michelle

 

When I tried that it only seemed to modify the selected document's app,
rather than the default.

 

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The advantage to Acrobat Reader (v 6.0) is that it gives you time to
have a sandwich while it opens.

earle
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