Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

PDF files set to open with Preview on Mac OS X outside of Firefox, open in Excel instead through download manager. How to fix it?

  • 1 reply
  • 1 has this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by Hasan

more options

From my email, I downloaded a .pdf attachment on my MacBook Pro (OS X). I double-clicked in in the downloads window and it immediately opened in Excel and displayed an error. Outside of Firefox, .pdf files are set to open with Preview. There is no option to set .pdf files in Firefox to open with Preview. How do I fix this? There is no "Open with" from the download manager, it just opens with Excel every time.

From my email, I downloaded a .pdf attachment on my MacBook Pro (OS X). I double-clicked in in the downloads window and it immediately opened in Excel and displayed an error. Outside of Firefox, .pdf files are set to open with Preview. There is no option to set .pdf files in Firefox to open with Preview. How do I fix this? There is no "Open with" from the download manager, it just opens with Excel every time.

All Replies (1)

more options