Open pdfs in Preview instead of Adobe Reader
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**Before**
macOS Ventura. I'm using Preview as standard application to open pdf files, and have Adobe Reader installed for occasional use.
**Problem**
For the past week, whenever I double-click on a pdf file, it is opened in Adobe Reader. All pdf icons in Finder have changed from a Preview icon to an Adobe Reader icon.
* I have tried several times to right-click on a pdf file and state that Preview should be used as standard application. However, the next time I double-click on a pdf file, it's opened in Adobe Reader again which seems to be set as standard application.
* Sometimes, after right-clicking to open a pdf file in Preview, it does not open at all. I then obtain a message
``Impossible to open ".pdf" because this application comes from a non identified developer.
macOS cannot verify that this app does not contain malware. AdobeAcrobat has created this file today at .
``
What could have happened that caused this behaviour and how can I fix it?
Asked by Karlo
(491 rep)
May 9, 2025, 01:19 PM
Last activity: May 9, 2025, 02:07 PM
Last activity: May 9, 2025, 02:07 PM