I FUCKING HATE ADOBE READER HIJACKING MY PDF VIEWING IN SAFARI

I got really fed up with Adobe hijacking my PDF viewing with their bloated plug-in. Preview is just flat better for just reading a PDF. In the past, it was a configurable option in Acrobat Professional or Acrobat Reader preferences, but to my chagrin, they’ve now decided that the user can’t be allowed to choose how to view PDF’s as evidenced by this screenshot:

Frustrated, I turned to Twitter for help. Robert Marini (@wisequark) was Johnny-on-the-spot with the solution. Here’s the Twitter discussion in a thread for your easy following: http://quotably.com/jxpx777/statuses/794527269 So, it turns out that Adobe not only hijacks my PDF viewing, but any time I update any of my Adobe software (I have CS3 Master Collection.) They’re going to reinstall the thing. “Bullshit,” says I, so I fired up Hazel to fix it for good.

Read on for my solution using Hazel. First, add “/Library/Internet Plug-Ins” to your list of folders that you want Hazel to watch.

Next, create a rule for Hazel to apply to this folder. Here’s mine:

You can enter whatever you like for the description. I wanted something memorable for when I come back to this and wonder why I have Hazel watching Internet Plug-Ins folder. Then I can say, “Oh, yes, that’s right – because I fucking hate Adobe’s bad behavior.” The Growl notification is optional, but it will make me feel better. The key points to this rule are the [Name] [contains] “adobe” bit and the [Move file] to folder: [Trash] bit. Then, for good measure, I have an Applescript that empties the trash and relaunches Safari.

Take that, Adobe.

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