Can't save as PDF from preview

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Can't save as PDF from preview

I have had this trouble on and off for some time now. I select multiple screenshots, pdfs, jpegs, etc. I open them in "Preview" and have all files (images) in the thumbnail section. I go file>export as pdf>save as (name title & destination)>save. It gets sent to the printer. Nothing is saved. I then try it through the file>print>pdf>save as pdf>save as (name title & destination)>save. It shows that it is processing but nothing shows up in the destination folder. Nothing shows up when I search for the files name.

This has been on and off for a long while. Tired of it. What is going on? Any ideas on a solution?

Macbook Pro: 10.14.5

Preview: 10.1

MacBook

Posted on Jul 25, 2019 9:01 PM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Jul 26, 2019 9:41 AM in response to Dgoldfe13

Boot into Safe Mode and try creating the PDF file from there. Reboot normally and try again.

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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TheLittles

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Jul 25, 2019 11:48 PM in response to Dgoldfe13

Try Printing as PDF

Go To: File menu > Click: Print... > Click: PDF button (on bottom-left corner of the window) > Click: Save as PDF > Name the Document > Click: All Pages > Click: Save

Screenshot of Print... window

Selecting the All Pages Button:

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Dgoldfe13 Author

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Jul 25, 2019 10:56 PM in response to kaz-k

I've tried that. When I have multiple files selected (images) and they are all opened in the same window. All show selected in the thumbnail section and I click file>save. It only saves 1 image. I want all images to be group together and saved together in 1 pdf. Not individually saved.

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Dgoldfe13 Author

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Jul 26, 2019 9:31 AM in response to TheLittles

That's what I do. Nothing happens when I do that. It shows a loading/saving window where the bar fills up 9 times for my saved pages. But it shows up nowhere. I click to save to desktop and nothing is saved there.

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kaz-k

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Jul 25, 2019 9:23 PM in response to Dgoldfe13

Hi,

Save Preview Files to PDF

If you don't need to edit your file, you can skip right to conversion. Click on the "File" menu and choose "Save" to convert Preview to PDF on Mac.

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