[Macpartners] terminal command help

John Hawkinson jhawk at MIT.EDU
Fri Dec 6 19:00:26 EST 2013


> The command is:
>    defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool NO
> 
> I have entered this using an admin account (the user accounts are
> not admin), deleted the safari plist, restarted the machine. This
> will not 'take' on one machine. Safari continues to open pdfs in a
> new window.

The "defaults" command modifies the preferences for the current user.
If you run it as the admin user it will not affect other users.

--jhawk


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