Disable Preview tabs

How can I disable Preview tabs? I want my pdfs to open as individual Preview windows. In the settings, I changed "Prefer tabs" to "never" but this does nothing. I have 2021 MBPro, M1, Monterey.

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Jan 5, 2022 10:30 AM

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dialabrain

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Jan 5, 2022 10:39 AM in response to glebsky

Did you update to Monterey 12.1?

glebsky Author

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Jan 5, 2022 10:59 AM in response to dialabrain

I have the latest Monterey 12.0.1. There is no 12.1.

dialabrain

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Jan 5, 2022 11:01 AM in response to glebsky

glebsky wrote:

I have the latest Monterey 12.0.1. There is no 12.1.

Of course there is.

Check System Preferences > Software Update.

glebsky Author

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Jan 5, 2022 11:36 AM in response to glebsky

Okay. Now it shows that 12.1 is available. Will get back to see if it works after install and restart.

glebsky Author

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Jan 6, 2022 4:27 PM in response to dialabrain

Updated, restarted. A day later, I still have the same problem: can't disable pdfs from opening in tab mode. Was this bug supposed to be fixed with the latest update?

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