Questions tagged [preview]
Apple Preview is a program included with every version of macOS that permits displaying and limited editing of common 2D and 3D files using Apple's Core Image and Quartz frameworks.
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windows pdf highlight, underline, etc come with a square in mac preview?
How to get rid of them in the first place? I mean, I don't want to delete them one by one as in the other threads. I just want to know how to prevent this happening at all(may be has something to do ...
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How to make Preview render PDF docs with crisp fonts on MacBook Air (without Retina Display) in Mojave?
Hi have a Macbook Air (previous model, no retina display). Ever since the Mojave update, Preview renders text in PDF files quite blurry compared to Adobe Acrobat.
For instance, here is a screenshot ...
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What happened to Preview's “Markup.appex”?
There's a Markup app extension in Mojave--it's clearly installed, because I can use it. Where did it go, though? It used to be in /Applications/Preview.app/Contents/Plugins/ in past versions of macOS, ...
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No previews for Desktop files on Mojave [duplicate]
Here is what it looks like (two regular png images which previews were working fine before I upgraded to Mojave). Third one is a folder with custom picture and it was like that on High Sierra too. ...
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“open” command not working after upgrade to High Sierra
After my recent upgrade to High Sierra, the command line command "open" no longer opens much. I have tried it on PDF, PPTX, png. It does work on ascii text files. The 'Preview' app does open if I ...
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Save opened files in Preview as reading list
I am a researcher and I have to keep open multiple sets of PDFs pertaining to different projects. I generally use one window per project with tabbed PDFs.
Is there any way to export the reading list ...
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On iPad or iPhone, how to progress PDF with “Fade” or “Appear” instead of slide-in from right?
The pages of my pdf presentation add incremental changes to the first page. The second page, for instance, consists of the diagram on the first page in addition to a few more lines. This way a complex ...
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issues rendering images when using any icc profile (including apple's default). clipped dark areas. preview/quicklook shows wrong contrast
Firstly: I know this problem has been around and recurrently emerges since around 2014. Many OSs and program updates happened since then. Some solved the problem (cfr. Lightroom version 5.7 that fixed ...
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Does 'Preview' block links pointing to executables?
Does the Preview application which comes native with macOS have a blacklist, which prevents the launch of common executable types (similarly to adobe reader which prevents .exe .js etc. files to be ...
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Open/Show a tightly cropped image in Preview
For a small-ish image that has been opened by Preview it has been placed on a Tab that is the same size (much larger) as the existing tabs.
Is there any way to do either of:
Open the image in a Tab ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to open the filename popover menu in Preview, Pages, etc.? [duplicate]
I'm referring to the popover menu that opens when clicking the little down arrow next to the file name in some apps.
I use that extensively—it would be convenient if there were a keyboard shortcut to ...
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Preview notes/highlights offset and uneditable
Recently, I have had a problem with highlighting and adding notes in preview. When I highlight, the correct words show up highlighted in the document, but the side panel shows a set of words which is ...
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How do I open a OneDrive file in Preview using Applescript?
How do I open a OneDrive for Business file using Preview using Applescript? I’ve tried this so far:
tell application "Preview" to open POSIX file "Users/myname/One Drive - MySchoolOrCompany/path/to/...
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Opening any LaTeX-made PDF file with a hyperlink or internal link freezes entire computer
After a recent software upgrade, opening almost any PDF file I have freezes the entire computer for 15 seconds. The problem is worse for larger files, but present even for tiny files.
The problem is ...
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Copy columns of tables on web pages
In PDFs in Preview I can select individual columns of tables by pressing the option key while dragging. This selects individual columns like this:
However, pressing the option key while dragging in a ...
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Access fonts available in Pages.app in Preview.app in macOS
I am working on some designs which will also contain some styled text. I'd also add at this point that I am pretty novice with image editing and can do only basic stuff.
I am able to access some ...
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PDF Printing Quality Issues
I am having problems with printing some PDF documents on a 2014 MacBook Pro running macOS 10.14.3.
Most PDF documents print fine (from Preview), and I'm happy with the quality.
Examples are these ...
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Preview shortcuts to select editor tabs by index
I am trying to switch rapidly back and forth between two related Preview tabs (different versions of a research paper). In other applications I would do this by selecting Command-[TabNumber] e.g. ...
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Can I use Preview to make this GIF file size smaller?
Here is a 2.6 MB GIF that I would like to post in a Stack Exchange question. That means it needs to be under 2 MB or 2 MiB (I can't remember which).
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/...
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Importing/Exporting Preview Signatures onto OS X 10.14 Mojave from OS X Sierra
I use a Mac Pro (mid-2010) running on MacOS Mojave (no tracking pads or cameras) and was unable to export signature file from my Macbook Air (mid-2013) running on MacOS Sierra.
I tried the old ...
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need help on font rendering from website to safari, preview and adobe
I am on an iMac with high Sierra 10.13.6. Have been having this issue over multiple os for a long time. When i go to my financial website and view A monthly statement I n safari pop up, the font is ...
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Edit Font Metadata so FontBook will put it in English smart collection?
Some of my third party fonts don't show up in Yosemite Preview's font menu in the toolbox. I'm pretty sure that the only fonts available for Preview to use in annotation have to be in FontBook's ...
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How to change a note background in the preview app from transparent to any other colour?
When I add a note to a highlighted text (right click - Add Note), the background is transparent, which makes it difficult to read because it overlaps with the PDF text (example screenshot below). I ...
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Reduce color richness to reduce file size of an image with Preview.app
In the olden days, I recall using my Mac to reduce the richness of color in an image to reduce its file size and memory usage. I remember switching from millions of colors to thousands of colors.
Is ...
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Preview Markup Options for Shape Fill
Working on a Mac Desktop OS Sierra, want to use Preview to markup a pdf, but need the filled rectangle to be translucent, not opaque. I only see fill, and no fill options on the menu.
Is this ...
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When I set the User Code in the print dialog, the print dialog of Preview app does not work correctly
When I set the User Code in the print dialog, the print dialog of Preview app does not work correctly.
But it works from the other apps (e.g. Google Chrome).
macOS Mojave
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Preview app not working properly in macOS Mojave
After upgrading macOS to Mojave, Preview app is not functioning the same.
I am no longer able to delete, drag & drop or select several files and open in the same window.
Is there a fix for this ...
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Options to Bring Forward/ to Front/ etc are grayed out in Preview
An oval annotation was added to a screenshot in Preview:
As can be seen the options to change the layers from the right-click/context menu popup are disabled. What is needed to make them available?
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Preview.app and text highlight opacity
I am working with a PDF file version 1.7 using Preview.app on my Mac. In the file there is some highlighted text that cannot be seen since the color is completely opaque. What can I do to view the ...
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Is it possible make Preview not enhance thin lines?
Some PDF renderers "enhance" thin lines, i.e. make them thick enough to be clearly visible, no matter how far one zooms out. Other PDF renderers do not artificially thicken thin lines.
Adobe ...
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Keyboard shortcuts for non-menued items Preview?
I am trying to create a keyboard shortcut action for Preview, namely Draw and Sketch. However, they are are the NON-menued items, which means can't get it done in System Preference I see someone done ...
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How to delete an old entry on Preview-App import dialogue
I have an old iPhone 7 which was completely wiped (Following the instructions on https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351).
The Problem is that this iPhone still shows up on the Import Dialogue in ...
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Is there a tool to simply join 2 pdf pages in one?
It seems a hard to find an answer to such a simple request:
I have a pdf file with 16 pages A4 size. I would like to make a 'spreads' view of it, this means that page 1 and page 16 (cover and ...
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Books - PDF - Preview - Search : “No Results Found”
I recently upgraded from High Sierra to Mojave, and consequently iBooks became Books. I now have an issue with Books which was not present in iBooks.
I have stored many PDFs iBooks. Clicking on one ...
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How to save the selected word to note in Preview App
When I read a pdf document in Preview I want to save a word found in pdf file and save it for example in some note so I could come back for the whole list later on.
The problem is I can't find share ...
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Annotation/Highlight doesn't work in Apple Preview
I have a screenshot. I want to highlight some parts of it. The highlight icon is disabled; the Tools > Annotate > Highlight Text is greyed out.
Why? And how can I highlight easily on my ...
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blurry pdf in Preview & Safari on OSX Mojave
I have just updated from High Sierra to Mojave and discovered that Preview displays PDF files in an extremely blurry way (before the update it was fine). My screen is 27'' Thunderbolt display.
The ...
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Quick way to preview all pages in a PDF file
Is there a quick way or software for MacOS that makes it easy to quickly preview all (or many) pages in a single PDF file. Optimally, it would preview a PDF with multiple pages, similar to how Quick ...
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Preview doesn't show the content of text file with a certain extension (`.jl`) in Finder [duplicate]
When looking for a script of a programm (.py for Python, .m for Matlab, .jl Julia or .txt in general) it is very handy to go in the finder a simply highlight that script file ==> then a preview of ...
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Command line to create a PDF document from a batch of images [duplicate]
How to create a PDF document from a batch of images ?
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Belowis what I tried before posting this question:
The ImageMagick way, but the PDF document generated is too big:
convert *.ppm book.pdf
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Text-selection on PDF in Preview on Mojave too dark
Selected text on PDFs in Preview shows up in dark brown since upgrading to Mojave.
When selecting text on a PDF with black text on light background, Preview uses the dark highlight that I assume is ...
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Text box gets cut off in Preview for PDF files
Sometimes when I edit a text box in a PDF in Preview App the text gets cut off like this. Is there any way to fix this? It's happened in multiple files. I have Mac OS X 10.14.1.
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Lost preview.app. How to get it back?
After resetting my Mac from a backup (High Sierra, version 10.13.6), I somehow lost the preview.app. It's not there. I still see remnants like com.apple.Preview.plist (yet, no com.apple.preview folder)...
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Preview printing PDF blurry on macOS Mojave
Preview is printing PDFs blurry on macOS Mojave 10.14.2. I can print the same PDF from Terminal using $ lp -o fit-to-page path-to-file.pdf, and Pages works fine too.
Thinking it was my printer ...
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Preview everything as text by default in Finder [duplicate]
I would like to preview a file which macOS has no idea how to open as a text file. For example, when I'm previewing foo.pdf or bar.png, I want Preview.app to be opened and render a PDF document or an ...
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PDF only readable with Acrobat on macOS and iOS
I'm frequently given PDFs with images where the images are not (or not properly) rendered on macOS (or iOS), but which others say that they can read on other OSs. These files are always readable in ...
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Annotations on Preview, why do rectangles now put text in weird orientations?
It appears that this is something happening since Mojave... when drawing a rectangle using the pen tool (Sketch) and doing a rectangle now the text sometimes appear in a weird orientation, let's say ...
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Preview Image Dimensions
How can I quickly view the dimensions of an image that I have open in Preview? Looking at the menu options, I'm not seeing an obvious choice, such as "properties", to see such info.
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How to select and move the shapes in Preview
An oval shape has been added to an image in Preview.app by using Mebu bar command Tools → Annotate → Oval:
I have no means to move this oval: trying to do so only results in getting handles to resize ...
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Make pixel size numbers in Preview show larger when editing photos?
I occasionally have trouble seeing the small pixel-size values that Preview.app displays while editing photos. For images that are close to 640 pixels, I like to keep them just under 640 so they ...
