Fortunately, it's easy to change your file associations in Mac OS X, if you follow these steps. Select a file with the format you want to change (ex: an MP3, a JPG picture, an HTML file) in the. Fortunately, it's easy to change your file associations in Mac OS X, if you follow these steps. Select a file with the format you want to change (ex: an MP3, a JPG picture, an HTML file) in the.
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To set a PDF viewer as the default on Mac OS X:
- Select any PDF file from Finder. Control-click to open the menu.
Result: A menu will open next to the file name. - Choose Get Info from the menu that opens.
Result: A new window will open with information on that PDF file. - From the Open with: section in the new window that opens, select your preferred application, such as Adobe Reader or Preview.
Result: That application will be selected. - Click the Change All button. In the subsequent dialog box, click Continue.
Result: The application that you selected will be the location in which PDFs open.
To set a PDF viewer as the default on Windows
- If no other PDF viewer is installed, once Adobe Reader is installed, it becomes the default.
- To set a preferred PDF viewer as the default:
- Windows 7:
- Follow the menu path Start > Default Programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program
- Highlight .pdf, then click Change.
- Choose your preferred PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader.
- In Windows XP
- Follow the menu path Start > Control Panel > Folder Options > File Types.
- In Windows 10
See: Tech Minute's Instructions
- Windows 7:
See also:
Safari User Guide
In the Safari app on your Mac, use General preferences to choose the page that appears when you open a new window or tab, to choose how to handle downloads, and more. To change these preferences, choose Safari > Preferences, then click General.
Change Setting On Mac To Download Software Windows 8
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Safari opens with | Choose how each Safari session starts: with a new window, a new private window, all the windows from your last session, or all the non-private windows from your last session. This option is shown only if “Close windows when quitting an app” is selected in the General pane of System Preferences. | ||||||||||
New windows open with | Choose what a new Safari window contains.
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New tabs open with | Choose what a new tab contains.
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Homepage | Enter the URL of the webpage you want to use as your homepage, or click Set to Current Page to use the current active page. | ||||||||||
Remove history items | Choose when to remove items from the history. | ||||||||||
Favorites shows | Choose the bookmarks folder whose bookmarks you want shown on the start page and in the start page view that appears below the Smart Search field. | ||||||||||
File download location | Choose where to save items you download from the internet, or have Safari always ask where you want to save downloads. | ||||||||||
Remove download list items | Choose when to remove items from the list. | ||||||||||
Open “safe” files after downloading | In Safari, automatically open the listed types of files, but not software. | ||||||||||
Change The Default Download Settings