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Mac Lion macbook pro, download pdf files fails, no error messages but work in Safari.

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On requesting a download of a pdf file the source supplies this but nothing appears in the Firefox download window. Same pdf appears happily in Safari. My MAC pro with same Firefox progreamme works OK also.

On requesting a download of a pdf file the source supplies this but nothing appears in the Firefox download window. Same pdf appears happily in Safari. My MAC pro with same Firefox progreamme works OK also.

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There have been problems reported with the latest Adobe Reader update on Mac.

See [/questions/925119]

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There have been problems reported with the latest Adobe Reader update on Mac.

See [/questions/925119]

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Disabling a plugin worked for me Go to Tools, Add-ons, Plugins tab then disable the plugin: Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in Version 10.1.3