Preview not showing annotations on a screenshot

After taking a screenshot and opening it with preview, I go to annotate it and no pen marks show. I have looked up this question and I already did the safe mode and tried to run preview again, but the same problem is happening.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 5:25 PM

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Sep 16, 2020 2:39 PM in response to ml106

Hi ml106,


Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you’re having trouble annotating a screenshot in Preview. We’re happy to help.


To start, make sure you’re following the steps in the article below:


Annotate an image in Preview on Mac - Apple Support


If that doesn’t help, see if you’re able to replicate the issue in another user account:


Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support


Let us know the results.


Take care.

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