Thanks! Opening a pdf in Preview and making a copy worked for me to be able to use a password protected pdf!
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Unlock secure PDF documents
The ColorSync worked. I had to print instead of export, but is still worked. Here is what I did.
Open ColorSync. Go to File. Click Open and open the file you need to unlock. Then click print. Then click the pdf button at bottom of print screen and Save as PDF. Then enter information and where you want to save. Click save.
Thank you so much. I'm downloading texts for my Securities licenses and want to add stickies and highlights for future reference.
Have a successful day!
The ColorSync worked. I had to print instead of export, but is still worked. Here is what I did.
Open ColorSync. Go to File. Click Open and open the file you need to unlock. Then click print. Then click the pdf button at bottom of print screen and Save as PDF. Then enter information and where you want to save. Click save.
Thank you so much. I'm downloading texts for my Securities licenses and want to add stickies and highlights for future reference.
Have a successful day!
I use Ovis PDF Recover.
This version is older but it does not make a watermark if you use it unregistered.
Both versions require purchase if you want to unlock more than one page.
I'm in the newspaper business so most of what I am unlocking are the ad proofs that customers got from another paper and are passing on to us to use in our papers.
The West Valley View is a particular offender.
MODS: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SECOND VERSION I LINK TO IS NOT CRACKED OR ILLEGAL OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS THE VERSION OVIS PROVIDED IN 2006 AS SHAREWARE AND THEY DID NOT USE A WATERMARK FEATURE, BUT LIMITED IT'S USE TO JUST THE FIRST PAGE.
This version is older but it does not make a watermark if you use it unregistered.
Both versions require purchase if you want to unlock more than one page.
I'm in the newspaper business so most of what I am unlocking are the ad proofs that customers got from another paper and are passing on to us to use in our papers.
The West Valley View is a particular offender.
MODS: PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SECOND VERSION I LINK TO IS NOT CRACKED OR ILLEGAL OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS THE VERSION OVIS PROVIDED IN 2006 AS SHAREWARE AND THEY DID NOT USE A WATERMARK FEATURE, BUT LIMITED IT'S USE TO JUST THE FIRST PAGE.
PDFunlock.com worked for me and didn't cost a thing. Did you upload your file which is free and then returned unlocked or did you try to download the program, which they charge for?
We can un protect is using preview!!
Yeah.. It worked the way you have mentioned dude. Thank you
Yeah.. It worked the way you have mentioned dude. Thank you
How to remove a password from a PDF if you have the password
Open it in Preview. Make a copy. Save the copy - making sure that encryption/passwords etc are turned off.
I wasted a lot of time downloading programs and trying to print to PDF etc, but this simple method worked for me.
Hope it works for you too!
Open it in Preview. Make a copy. Save the copy - making sure that encryption/passwords etc are turned off.
I wasted a lot of time downloading programs and trying to print to PDF etc, but this simple method worked for me.
Hope it works for you too!
Thank you for the ColorSync tip -- worked using the Print method! Glad to know I can try the Preview method if ColorSync ever fails me.
I appreciate the free unlocker!
I appreciate the free unlocker!
Thank you for the ColorSync tip -- worked using the Print method! Glad to know I can try the Preview method if ColorSync ever fails me.
I appreciate the free unlocker!
If you're not concerned about formatting, you can simply upload locked PDF on Google Drive and from there you can download it as a Word File. I also tried free pdf unlocker but it didn't work for me. The program mentioned here http://support.oreilly.com/oreilly/topics/how_do_i_unlock_a_pdf_document_remove_pdf_restrictions works perfectly but it comes with some trial limitations
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Libre Office
Libre Office does a great job of opening PDFs as a Drawing that you can edit and Print to PDF. Much the same as Illustrator.
Libre Office does a great job of opening PDFs as a Drawing that you can edit and Print to PDF. Much the same as Illustrator.
Super easy soln - just print to pdf after loading the pdf.
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Beautiful soln. Thanks!!!
It doesn't solve it at all. The problem isn't making a non-password protected PDF... it's getting rid of the password protection in an existing PDF when it's already there and you don't know the password.
All Chrome is doing is re-saving the PDF without a password, which ANY app on the Mac can do.
The problem with the OP is that he didn't know the password.
That's great. But your issue (whatever it was) is not what this thread was started for. If you had the password to a locked PDF, then all you had to do was save it as a new PDF without restrictions using ANY program that can write a PDF. If your issue was not knowing how to save a standard PDF file, then yeah I guess his response was helpful... but it does nothing to address the subject of the old original post.