The Quick Action "Create PDF" in Finder worked until I updated to Ventura 13.2.1 - now it tells me that "there was a problem running the action" Has anyone else having this problem?
Don't know if it is connected, but my Adobe Acrobat quit combining files when I updated to Ventura.
iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021, 2 ports)
The problem with the Create PDF action in Automator is that it was built using Python code, and when Apple removed the obsolete Python 2 interpreter from Monterey 12.3 some of those actions were left orphaned.
The problem with the Create PDF action in Automator is that it was built using Python code, and when Apple removed the obsolete Python 2 interpreter from Monterey 12.3 some of those actions were left orphaned.
hmm... works for me in macOS 13.2 Intel (I tried it also on FAT formatted volume).
I selected 21 .jpg files in a folder > right click > QuickActions > Create PDF → a .pdf named after the 1st .jpg is correctly created with .jpg files in the correct order in the .pdf.
Do you have any 3rd party add-ons that might intervene? An EtreCheck report could be helpful:
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See attached for the console log. A new diagnostic report is generated in the Console app every time "Create PDF" fails. Looks like the process BackgroundShortcutRunner is the one crashing, which is part of Shortcuts / the old Workflow app
Ok, glad I'm not the only one. Whats weird is that I have an iMac Pro (intel) on 13.2.1 and Quick Actions->Create PDF still works great, but on my M2 Pro Mac mini on 13.2.1, the feature no longer works.
Hopefully this get's resolved soon
I did that with the Acrobat but it didn't help. Since the Create PDF action was working in Finder I wasn't worried But now that isn't working either. I can't uninstall Finder can I? I did try relaunching Finder but it didn't help. Or can I uninstall Create PDF? I will look at that. Thanks.
The Create PDF Quick Action on macOS 13.2.1 works just fine when selecting mulitple PDFs to combine. It used to create a random name for the result but now it attempts to create the same named PDF as the first selected, and instead of overwriting it, it creates a version 2 of it in the Finder.
This happened to me as soon a I updated to 13.2.1
Creating a PDF from large amounts of images through finder quick action is an essential part of my workflow. I cant figure out a solution to this its never had an issue before this.
My Create PDF quick action is no longer working either. Prior to the Ventura 13.2.1 update, when using the action it would always perform exactly like VikingOSX described. However, now I just get the error "There was a problem running the action."
I have a user with the same problem. We downloaded the created pdf shortcut and that works, but it would be nice to have this native functionality back. I saw someone else opened a ticket with this same issue, and safe mode was suggested. Have you tried that?
It works for me on intel (MBP 16”) and Apple Silicon (Mac Studio M1 Max). I did migrate my account from one to the other, and had the Service from before.
There is a shortcut for creating pdf in the Shortcuts application, but I failed to make it work. It could be user error, as I am not yet very handy with Shortcuts.
This simple shortcut - created with the Shortcuts application - will do as a drop-in replacement for the Create PDF service:
The Create PDF Quick Action works fine for me on my M2 Mac Mini Pro with Ventura 13.2.1, and either of my M1 MBP M1 Pro or 2020 Intel Core i7 iMac running macOS 12.6.3.
I see no problem for Apple to fix, but that does not rule out something that you may have added to macOS that causes conflict with Create PDF.
Thanks for this. I created 2 shortcuts. 1 to combine to PDF and save into the parent directory of original files, and one to split a PDF into multiple pages into the parent directory or original PDF. Both accessible from Quick Actions. Works great, only downside is Shortcuts asks for permission for parent directory if it hasn't received authorization for that folder before. For Desktop, I imagine this happens once, but it could get a little annoying. The alert requesting permission does respond to a press of the return key though.
You can add these to your system by clicking the links below.
Combine to PDF
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3318ae68edaa48c4b434938de48866bb
Split PDF into Pages
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1e3e624a20ab42f09da635412c93bacf
For me, nothing works. I downloaded the shortcut and it did not help.. the same issue. My mac is 2017 pro with 13.2.1 (22D68). It just stoped working and it had been working before for years. Is there any other work around I can use to combine pdfs?
The name Create PDF is somewhat misleading as one can select (compatible) images and PDFs and this Quick Action will generate a new PDF in the same location as the first selected item, with each selected item on a new page or pages in the case of multipage PDFs.
Create PDF
