Bug in Preview using "Highlight" annotation tool

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Matt-101 Author

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Bug in Preview using "Highlight" annotation tool

This tool does not work for image files .png and .jpeg

Tested and it does work for .pdfs

@Apple - I love Preview... but please fix this.

Running: macOS Mojave 10.14.4

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 10, 2019 3:42 AM

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dialabrain

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May 10, 2019 5:00 AM in response to Matt-101

From the page you linked…

Note: If you annotate an

image file, you can’t edit, move or delete the annotations after you

save the image. If you think you’ll need to change annotations later,

you can convert the image file to a PDF file, then add annotations to the PDF

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Matt-101 Author

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May 10, 2019 4:57 AM in response to dialabrain

No this is for image editing, next to the loupe function https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/preview/annotate-an-image-prvw1501/10.1/mac/10.14

The lighter area around my sticky won't save to file after the I have highlighted the area I'd like to highlight.

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dialabrain

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May 13, 2019 8:02 AM in response to Matt-101

The point is that I cannot add the highlight annotation to an image in the first place. If the functionality is not available for images then ok... but then it should not be available in the UI.

You can let Apple know it shouldn't be there. Feedback - macOS - Apple

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Matt-101 Author

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May 13, 2019 7:55 AM in response to dialabrain

The point is that I cannot add the highlight annotation to an image in the first place. If the functionality is not available for images then ok... but then it should not be available in the UI.

The screenshot in my example will not save to the file.

It would be a useful feature for me and I would rather not have to export to .pdf to make it work.

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