Finder PDF Zoom Broken?

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Finder PDF Zoom Broken?

Hi folks! Until very recently (not exactly sure when), I was able to use the pinch-zoom on my external Magic Trackpad with my iMac to zoom in/out on PDFs and image files in the Finder (the little preview image of the document in the Finder itself). This still works for image files, but at some point, this stopped working for PDFs. This is a minor annoyance, but it definitely interrupts my workflow at times, especially since I am so used to using it. The usual restarts, fiddling with settings, etc. have not helped. I am still reluctant to update to Mojave for various reasons. Has anyone encountered and solved this problem?

Thanks!

iMac 27", macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 20, 2019 1:44 PM

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DrPuppet Author

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Aug 9, 2019 6:23 PM in response to DrPuppet

Well, sadly, pinch to zoom in the Finder is broken again. It is especially unreliable for PDFs with selectable text. Interestingly, on my much newer Macbook Air, which is running Mojave, this also does not work! I am starting to think that this is a feature that Apple cut for some unknowable reason.

Question: Can anyone running High Sierra (or Mojave, for that matter) pinch to zoom in the Finder on PDF files, especially those with selectable text?

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Old Toad

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Jul 20, 2019 2:06 PM in response to DrPuppet

Boot into Safe Mode and try from there.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.

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DrPuppet Author

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Jul 20, 2019 2:38 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks for the suggestion, but the latest update to BetterTouchTool seems to have fixed it! I did try looking for updates before, and there was one, but it didn’t fix it. So, there you go.

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BDAqua

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Aug 9, 2019 7:11 PM in response to DrPuppet

I can't, no trackpad, but CMD & plus keys work to zoom in High Sierra.

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