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Preview.app is the default image and PDF viewer on OS X

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How to prevent Preview from opening files when it launches

The Preview application currently hangs when it opens (it doesn't crash - it becomes unresponsive). Since Preview opens the files that were opened at the last invocation - killing and reopening Preview doesn't help. Switching to the guest user…
Jens Axel Søgaard
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How to print in Grayscale from 'Preview' on MAC OSX?

I can't for my life figure this out?! The accepted answer here isn't helping me.
Siddhartha
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Preview on macOS doesn’t open multiple PDF files in one window anymore?

Preview used to open multiple PDFs in one window - by selecting multiple files in finder, you could right-click and open all of them together. This was particularly useful to 1) get a total page count of all documents combined and 2) Be able to…
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Disable the Command-Backspace "Move to trash" keyboard shortcut

I use Preview to view PDF files (duh) and sometimes annotate them as well as search them profusely. I keep using the Command-Backspace combination to try to delete the current line I'm writing in the annotation or to clear the search box, but to my…
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Highlighting tool overlap with multiple lines in Mac Preview on Yosemite

I updated to Yosemite on my MacBook Pro. When I try to highlight two lines of text on Preview, the highlight overlaps, which looks really horrible. Is there a way to control the height (size) of the highlighting tool? See Image below.
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Save annotated PDF notes as plain text from Preview

I have several PDFs with notes attached to them using the annotation toolbar in Preview on OS X. Is there a way to extract all notes from a PDF file into a text file? Skim does this really well, but it uses a proprietary notes format that doesn't…
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how to hide text in a PDF in Preview

I need to send a pdf containing bank details about a payment, only some of the data in the pdf is relevant to the receiver, and I would like to hide everything else. I have opened the PDF in preview and I put white squares on all the numbers I want…
Don Giulio
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Why do some PDF documents appear garbled and unreadable in OS X Preview?

I occasionally come across some PDF documents which are unreadable on a Mac when using the standard OS X Preview. They work OK in Adobe Reader, but not in Preview. Does anyone know what the cause of this is — in particular is there something we can…
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OS X Mavericks Preview has very high CPU usage

Ever since updating to OS X Mavericks, Preview constantly eats up tons of CPU. As soon as I hear my fan start whirring, I check activity monitor and Preview is usually at ~100% usage. It's very easy to fix the problem by just quitting Preview and…
Sean Mackesey
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How do I flip an Image in Preview?

Is there a way to see the mirror image of a photo in Preview on OS X? Is there a way to have Photo Booth Photos not come out in a mirror image?
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“Preview” app crashing Mac OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite)

So my preview is crashing, I have a crash report here. I’ve tried a few things: Deleting all Preview preferences Completely reinstalling Preview from Pacifist Every time I open up anything in “Preview” it crashes. I’m not sure what the cause of…
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Preview.app always crashes

Since yesterday, my 10.9 Preview.app always crashes when opening any file. When I open it, it asks whether to reopen older windows; If I choose yes it crashes. If I choose not to and select a file it also crashes. As it does when I double click any…
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Apple Preview and Chrome Color Profile Accuracy?

I have been having some issues with understanding how Apple's preview deals with Color profiles. I have noticed that when viewing a standard sRGB image on my Dell u2711 or MacBook Display that the same image appears to be more saturated and vibrant…
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MacOS Preview app - open PDFs in separate windows (instead of in the same window)

When opening a new PDF on Mac (Big Sur 11.4) the new file opens as a tab in an existing window. The new PDF opens without getting the focus, and so I need to look for it. If many files are open as tabs this can be quite frustrating. Images have a…
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How to open Preview with no documents

I am using Preview on Mountain Lion (10.8.2). I opened a PDF in Preview and searched in it. Now whenever I open anything in Preview, it opens the PDF and the search always shows spinning on the original PDF. It hangs and I have to force close it.…
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