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Streamline Research Workflow in Obsidian
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[Feature request] Configure which app is used to open PDFs #11

Closed ltorroba closed 11 months ago

ltorroba commented 11 months ago

I was expecting the "open PDF in system app function" to open PDFs using the default PDF app, but it seems that on Mac it always opens them using Finder. Not sure if this is intended.

I think that the following would be more natural:

  1. Open PDF using the default app for opening .pdf files
  2. Allow users to configure which app is used to open PDF files (e.g., Acrobat Reader)
lolipopshock commented 11 months ago

I am not sure if that helps but could you confirm if Acrobat Reader is your default PDF app following this tutorial? https://kb.mit.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=3908296

ltorroba commented 11 months ago

Yeah, it's currently set to Acrobat. When I click on the PDF via Finder it opens with Acrobat, but using "Open PDF using System app" always does Finder.

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Interestingly, if I open the PDF in obsidian and then run "Open in default app", this actually opens Acrobat.

lolipopshock commented 11 months ago

Ahh I see.. I can fix it!

lolipopshock commented 11 months ago

Fix in #12