Can't open web-based PDF in preview

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Can't open web-based PDF in preview

Since updating to Catalina, Preview no longer opens up web based downloadable PDF. When you go to the bottom of the webpage while the zoom in/out, open and download icons are still present nothing happens when you try to open and/or download the PDF. When you right click on the document to "Open with Preview" still nothing happens. Preview is my default PDF application. Any help would be appreciated as it severely impacting on my work

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MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on May 19, 2020 4:56 PM

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dialabrain

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May 19, 2020 10:23 PM in response to MAACS

Okay, the link you posted opens the PDF in a new tab for me which is what I would expect. If I right/control click the link and choose "Download Linked File" it downloads the file. What it doesn't do is automatically open the PDF in Preview if that's the issue. Let me know if that's what you meant.

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dialabrain

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May 19, 2020 5:04 PM in response to MAACS

It is difficult to help without knowing what browser you are using or what webpage/s you are referring to.

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MAACS Author

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May 19, 2020 8:24 PM in response to dialabrain

I am using Preview (v11.0) and Safari (v13.1). And as an example a webpage such as:

http://www.bom.gov.au/water/landscape/assets/static/publications/AWRALv6_Model_Evaluation_Report.pdf

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dialabrain

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May 19, 2020 10:31 PM in response to MAACS

I forgot to mention, it's very odd that in this day and age the Bureau of Meteorology of the Austrailian Government doesn't support secure connections (HTTPS).

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gerryt2

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May 25, 2020 12:04 PM in response to dialabrain

I'm having the same situation. When I click to open a PDF file it opens in Adobe Acrobat instead of Preview. What changed?

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