Preview.app often lose changes when add text to PDF.

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Preview.app often lose changes when add text to PDF.

It happens to me a few times that if I add some texts to a PDF, even though I save the changes, they are gone after I close the PDF and reopen again. Besides, some marks after adding the text are also gone. I've even tried to export the edited PDF to another copy. But when I open the copy, there are no changes at all. I have to try a couple of times to make the changes finally applied. I don't think there is anything I did wrong since that's a quite simple operation.

I can't hold back my complaints about how many bugs the Preview.app has and this one is unbearable.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Oct 31, 2021 10:48 PM

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Nov 1, 2021 5:07 PM in response to Pavin135

Hi Pavin135,

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having an issue with markups using the preview. We're happy to provide some information to assist.

We recommend checking to see if the edits you're viewing are "snapshots" the guide here has more information on how to check: Revert changes to PDFs and images in Preview on Mac as it mentions "Preview periodically saves “snapshots” (called versions) of your PDF or image. You can view the file as it appeared in the past and revert to a previous version."

If the issue is with saved edits, and you use iCloud Drive be sure to check out the guide here as well: If document versions conflict in iCloud Drive on Mac

Should the issue continue reach out to Apple Support to further assist. The links below will help you connect.

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Best!

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