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Preview: "the document could not be exported ..."

In Preview, every export (to jpeg or PDF at least) fails with the statement above.


This failure is on my MacBook Air M1; my mini M1 with exactly the same OS version (Ventura 3.1 22C65) behaves correctly.

MacBook Air Apple Silicon

Posted on Jan 18, 2023 2:51 PM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2023 5:45 AM

robertfromnewtown wrote:

In Preview, every export (to jpeg or PDF at least) fails with the statement above.

This failure is on my MacBook Air M1; my mini M1 with exactly the same OS version (Ventura 3.1 22C65) behaves correctly.


How about "Save As" and compare your results...


Preview>File> (Option key) Save As




Export PDFs and images in Preview on Mac - Apple Support



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Jan 19, 2023 5:45 AM in response to robertfromnewtown

robertfromnewtown wrote:

In Preview, every export (to jpeg or PDF at least) fails with the statement above.

This failure is on my MacBook Air M1; my mini M1 with exactly the same OS version (Ventura 3.1 22C65) behaves correctly.


How about "Save As" and compare your results...


Preview>File> (Option key) Save As




Export PDFs and images in Preview on Mac - Apple Support



Preview User Guide for Mac - Apple Support

View PDFs and images in Preview on Mac - Apple Support

Open PDFs and images in Preview on Mac - Apple Support


Preview: "the document could not be exported ..."

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