Preview is not allowing PDF to be Exported as PDF or Print to Save as PDF since update

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Preview is not allowing PDF to be Exported as PDF or Print to Save as PDF since update

One of the things I love about Mac computers is the ability to separate out individual pages from a larger PDF. Lately when I download a PDF or open on already saved in Preview and click on File the only option is Export, even when I select PDF I am unable to pull out individual pages from the document or file. When I try clicking on Print the only option is Save as PostScript.

I have found a workaround by viewing the attachment from gmail and then clicking print from the view screen then clicking to open in Preview and then Print and Save as PDF. This allows me to take a large file and separate out the documents in it by dragging and dropping into Drive.

I use this feature many times a day every day and the workaround takes a lot longer than the original way to just open the file downloaded to drive and click on Export as PDF in Preview.

Is this going to be corrected in another update?

iMac 27″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Nov 24, 2021 12:57 PM

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Answer 1

lllaass

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Nov 24, 2021 1:24 PM in response to Amberjt

If the document is a PDF then it will export as PDF with just the export..

If not a pdy then on my Monterey I have option to export as PDF.

To save as PDF

your need to click on the PDF in center bottom and select what you want. Do you not have the save as PDF?

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ci_mac

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Dec 11, 2021 11:08 PM in response to lllaass

I have both options File>Save As... and File>Export as PDF... but both of these do not trigger anything. I cannot save the file on my desktop. And the option described above using File>Print does not do anything when we try 'Save as PDF'. Do we need to activate an extension or anything else in settings for Monterey? I was working fine in the previous OS.

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Barney-15E

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Dec 12, 2021 7:46 AM in response to Amberjt

When I select pages and then click copy I do not get a New from clipboard option in Finder to save the copies. I also tried doing this onto my desktop and did not get that option.

I didn't say "Finder." It's in the File menu in Preview.

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Answer 4

Dec 12, 2021 8:11 AM in response to Amberjt

After opening a PDF in thumbnail view in Preview, select the first thumbnail that you want to extract, and then press the ⌘-key while selecting other thumbnails that you want to extract. These do not need to be sequential. Open the print panel, and choose Selected Pages in Sidebar. Click PDF, and Save as PDF, giving it a different name.

When you Quick Look the resulting PDF, it will contain only the selected thumbnails of the original PDF.

macOS 12.0.1.

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lllaass

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Dec 12, 2021 12:44 AM in response to Amberjt

This is known problem:

[Bug] Export to pdf on Preview (Monterey) - Apple Community

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Barney-15E

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Nov 24, 2021 1:10 PM in response to Amberjt

Select the pages, Copy, then File > New from clipboard.

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Amberjt Author

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Nov 24, 2021 1:19 PM in response to Barney-15E

When I select pages and then click copy I do not get a New from clipboard option in Finder to save the copies. I also tried doing this onto my desktop and did not get that option.

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Barney-15E

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Nov 24, 2021 1:47 PM in response to Amberjt

Are you sure it is a PDF and there are not any restrictions on copying or editing?

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Preview is not allowing PDF to be Exported as PDF or Print to Save as PDF since update

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