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

[mainemini]

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, I can change an individual file location in Preview of course but how to I change the default save location?

 

[StoneJack]

delete Preview preferences

 

[mainemini]

Thanks, worth a try but all that did was change the new default save folder to "printing.22328.4"

 

[DrMarsha]

Has anyone found a fix for this? This is happening to me as well..

 

[dshobbs]

I have the exact same problem now. Is it a bug with OS Sonoma or Preview? Did anyone find a fix?

In my case when I create a document and then "open PDF in Preview" instead of printing a hard copy, when I hit Save Preview no longer opens a dialog box to ask where I want to Save the new file, instead it saves it to the same buried folder that mainemini described above. I have to remember to hit Export in order to save the new file in another location with another name. A bit frustrating. I'd be fine if the default Save location for a new file was something more accessible like Downloads or Documents

 

[xzhuang]

It's not straightforward to find the temp folder where the Preview puts the PDF. This is a long way I found, but I have not found another easier way, nor how to change the default folder settings yet.

To get to the temp folder, do the following:
1) click on the pdf file name dropdown, as if to change the filename
2) click on the right of the temp folder name "printing.###.#" to expand to select "another" folder
3) Click on "Other..." on the bottom of the list
4) this will bring up in Finder where the latest "printing.###.#" is located
5) right-click on the folder to "Show in Finder"(see attached picture)
- now you can move the pdf to final destination

this is in the following path, but it's not easy to open the root "private\var\folders" from regular finder, go figures...

 

[jjwla]

There does not appear to be a way to change the default destination directory when you want to save what you opened in Preview from the print screen. It will default to saving it to a directory called 'printing.xxxxx.x'.

Here is the easiest and quickest workaround. Click save so it will then save the pdf to that (printing...) directory. Once you do that, click the FILE dropdown, then click "Move To...". You will then have the option to move the pdf to your downloads or your desktop directory. It's quick and simple, takes a second.