Open PDF file in safari without download

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Open PDF file in safari without download

Is it possible to open a PDF file online in Safari without first having to download it to my Mac? I would like to do this natively without use of external plugins or programs.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 8, 2020 5:31 PM

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dominic23

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Jan 9, 2020 12:11 AM in response to FireFingers21

Safari will open PDF in the browser window itself.

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/see-a-pdf-ibrw1090/mac

For more info: https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/view-pdfs-and-images-prvw11470/mac

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Jan 9, 2020 4:19 AM in response to FireFingers21

This has always been the way it works for me (within the browser window) but I've just updated to Catalina and suddenly it's now downloading pdfs by default. I cannot find any way of changing this.

Even more strangely, it's now also auto downloading pages as *.php files when I navigate the backend of a wordpress install I have, rather than opening them as web pages. This is incredibly weird!

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dominic23

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Jan 9, 2020 5:55 AM in response to Daniel Golding

macOS 10.15.2/Safari 13.0.4

I could open a manual PDF in Safari window itself.

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Open PDF file in safari without download

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