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  1. Ravi_MR

    Some PDF documents appear black or in inverted colours

    Hi, This week (probably after Mac OS 15.2 update) I have noticed that some colour PDFs appear weird - in black or inverted colours though I have not changed anything in accessibility settings. Problem is in :M1 iMac 24 inch and Macbook Air 13 inch OS: Both have been updated to 15.2 Affected...
  2. N

    Dropping my 9th free app today - A file merger to PDF or prompt

    I'm in the dumb but fun process of building 26 free macOS apps, one for each letter of the alphabet. Today I finished (U) Uno, you drop files (almost any file type) or folders and they merge into either a PDF or a prompt for AI. I'm currently improving the performance when dropping more than...
  3. SnowPenguin

    Universal Fairy PDF Reader, a PDF Reader I developed with neat features

    Fairy PDF Reader is a PDF reader I originally developed for myself, but it ended up releasing it in the app store. It has some unique features I hope is be to your liking:- - Zoom lock:- Allows you to lock the zoom level. This makes it easier to take advantage of your device screen space the...
  4. Square-Eyes

    Universal Cannot save some PDFs with Firefox

    Some PDFs do not save/print properly in Firefox. They are displayed correctly, but that is all. For these problematic PDFs, Share > Print does not do anything, i.e. no print dialog box or error message. Share > Save to files does appear to work, but the result is an empty PDF file, typically...
  5. rhett7660

    iPhone PDF Reader - One the reads the PDF out loud

    Hello, Can anyone recommend a PDF reader, that will read an entire multi-page document out loud? One that doesn't need to be promoted by highlighting text or to go to the next page? One that reads the document until it either finishes said document or I manually tell it to stop? Or if there...
  6. G

    Using MacBook, how to export iMessages with Tapbacks?

    Hi, is there a way on a MacBook to save an iMessage thread that includes the Tapback reactions? The conversation I want is way too long to save with screenshots, but exporting it to PDF excludes the Tapbacks. Help! Thank you.
  7. R

    Universal Pages not exporting to PDF or moving to another location

    Every time I attempt to export a Pages document to PDF, I get an error message that says the document could not be autosaved. The same error appears even when I create a new Pages document. The same error happens when I switch to the iCloud version of Pages and try to export to PDF. Also, when...
  8. S

    Sonoma field/font glitch in PDF forms; how do I fix this?

    It's possible this started in Ventura, but I'm not sure since I don't have a Mac with it installed. I regularly need to fill out a PDF form in Preview. It worked just fine on my iMac--an old model that couldn't be updated past Monterey. I bought a Mac Mini with Sonoma installed, and now that...
  9. Pigstick21

    iPhone Document Scan not Spotlight Searchable

    Just started to use my iPhone (15+) to scan documents (using the Scan Documents option in Files), save to iCloud and then open on my MacMini. It seemed to work really well. However, I have found that .pdf contents are not searchable by Spotlight when I do this. If I open Preview and then scan...
  10. BenDeroo

    Tags marked on images to be shown in pdf

    Couldn't find a direct answer, so here is my question: A bunch of images have been marked by me with custom tags (architecture) It is possible to select these images and have Sonoma generate a pdf (standard function) I would like the tags (living room, bedroom) to show in the generated pdf as...
  11. VideoBeagle

    PDF Contact Sheet Program?

    I'm looking for a program that can take a folder of images and spit out a contact sheet in PDF form. Showing the pictures and (at least) their file names. Being able to configure the amounts of pics per page would be a plus. (I've found a program called "PDF Photo Gallery" but it doesn't do...
    • VideoBeagle
    • Thread
    • gallery graphics images pdf pics pictures
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  12. P

    Resolved Cannot view Table of Contents sidebar in PDF exported from Pages

    I’ve had loads of problems with Word creating PDFs. Basically, whatever I have done, it fails during the PDF creation process under macOS. I have to re-open the document under Windows and create the PDF like that. Aside from being a nuisance, I’ve had problems with some special characters/emoji...
  13. Change Agent

    Mac Ventura 13.6.1 saving documents to PDF uses as name always untitled.

    Mac Ventura 13.6.1 saving documents to PDF uses as name always untitled. I am using Venture 13.6.1. In the past when I saved a Word (v16.78) document to PDF it would always use the name of the document, now it uses ‘Untitled’. Does anybody else have this? Any solutions as it is mega annoying...
  14. P

    Airdrop sends PDFs to Files app

    If I use airdrop to send a PDF from one device (iPhone or iPad) to another, when I select Accept I no longer can select which app should receive the file. PDF files automatically get sent to iCloud Drive. Airdrop did not behave this way in iOS 16. Is there any fix for this behavior?
  15. mainemini

    Sonoma changed Preview default save location to folder "printing.22832.3" which I can't find nor change as the default

    I do a lot of work in my office annotating and attaching signatures to faxes as PDFs in Preview. I'd long ago set the Downloads folder as my default for saving as that fit my workflow well. Now Preview saves edited pdfs into Printing.22832.3 that I can't even find in Finder. When I remember...
  16. J

    Preview and PDF: Remove a password which I do know

    I have a protected PDF file, in which I cannot highlight text using Preview and which I cannot print without a password. I do know a password, but I cannot understand how to remove it from the document. I can click **File** > **Enter Password** and then **Unlock as Owner**, but the next time...
    • jsx97
    • Thread
    • pdf preview
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  17. blackxacto

    iPad Pro Why won't an iPadPro sync a pdf to a Books Album?

    11" iPadPro, iOS16.5 synced to 19,1 iMac Ventura 13.4 I have set both the iMac and iPadPro to Optimize storage to my iCloud account. Made a pdf from a rich text document w some Photoshop instructions. Saved the pdf to a Ventura Books Album for all my Mac pdfs. Remember my Ventura Desktop...
    • blackxacto
    • Thread
    • icloud icloud syncing pdf
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iPad
  18. C

    Downloading Messages from iPhone

    Question about downloading messages: I need to download all my text messages on my iPhone between myself and another number as legal evidence. There are a few thousand messages. Ideally I'd like a copy of them as PDF. I tried AnyTrans and iExplorer but neither worked for me on MacOS 13.2.1...
    • Charlie.V
    • Thread
    • anytrans backup dowloading help iexplorer ios iphone messages pdf technical support
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iOS 16
  19. J

    "Create PDF" as individual files versus a combined file

    Hey everyone, I've posted this question on Reddit, but didn't get any response. I've found the "Create PDF" from the Quick Actions menu in the finder to be incredibly useful. However, it seems like the only option it offers is a combined PDF. So if I say, selected multiple images, it would...
  20. GLTirebiter

    Searching text within PDFs in Books.app

    I’ve run into issues searching for text in certain PDFs in Books. The search results show accurately, but clicking on a result takes me always to the first page of the document. Anyone else experience this? It may be an issue with the PDF itself, or with Books. only happens with the odd PDF.
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