preview's sidebar won't go away since I upgraded to 12.6.8

Since I upgraded to 12.6.8, I CANNOT get rid of the sidebar. Every time I move to another app, when I go back to the preview, the sidebar is there AGAIN!

Then when I restart the PC, it's working normally for 2-3 minutes, but then the sidebar pop up and won't leave.

I manage to get rid of it only by clicking and then X the search line.. but it stays off only until I move to a different application.. then it's back on the left with no reason


Please help



MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Sep 15, 2023 10:39 AM

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Sep 15, 2023 1:19 PM in response to JasminKol

The specific PDF will open in whatever state (Hide Sidebar, Thumbnails) that you last set before closing it and quitting Preview. As I said, it is a per-PDF setting, and Hiding the Sidebar on one PDF does not mean that any other PDF last saved with Thumbnails will then open with no Sidebar.


When you have two PDFs open, and their windows merged as tabs, Preview reserves a blank Sidebar area for the PDF whose Sidebar is shown hidden, and the other PDF tab has Thumbnails chosen. This gives the illusion that the Hide Sidebar is not working, but it is for the current document you have shown.


There is no assurance with future releases of macOS that Apple will continue to provide Preview as it has always worked in earlier releases of macOS. It is their operating system and they can, have, and will change things.



preview's sidebar won't go away since I upgraded to 12.6.8

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