Notes app doesn't export multiple scans as a multi page PDF anymore?

Scan from where? I often scan documents into Notes using my iPhone, and if the scan has multiple pages, it will export to pdf with those pages. I have not seen any change in this regard in Sonoma.

It seems that you may have scanned separate documents instead. It stands to reason that they would then export separately as well. Again, I don't think that has changed.

Now, it is easy to put all these pages together in one pdf, if they are separate. It can be done manually, by opening one of them in Preview, open the Sidebar, and dragging the other pages.

And it can be done with a shortcut or service: combine pdf pages. I always have that in my Quick Actions contextual menu. Select a bunch of pdf files, control-click, choose Quick Actions->Combine PDF Pages.

I probably did that using Automator, but it is easy to do it in Shortcuts:

I have been struggling with the same problem recently. After scanning multiple physical pages into one Notes document on my iPhone, the "Export as PDF" option in the Notes file menu on my MacBook only exports the first scanned page into the PDF. The solution is to click on the downward-pointing triangle next to the note title in the Notes app and to select "Open attachment". This will open a PDF containing all scanned pages in Preview.

Could you please paste a screenshot (of an example) of the "The solution is to click on the downward-pointing triangle next to the note title in the Notes app and to select "Open attachment" you mention?

Thank you in advance

Could you please paste a screenshot (of an example) of the "The solution is to click on the downward-pointing triangle next to the note title in the Notes app and to select "Open attachment" you mention?

Thank you in advance

dhronis wrote:

Could you please paste a screenshot (of an example) of the "The solution is to click on the downward-pointing triangle next to the note title in the Notes app and to select "Open attachment" you mention?

Thank you in advance

I believe this is what you were asking for:

This works for pulling more than 1 page into the same document, but it reverts back to a "photo" image, hence making the document very large (even for a 2-page document), limiting it for attachment purposes. Do you know if there are any other solutions for it to stay as a grayscale image?

Yes, that’s what I meant. Thanks Luis!

I'm having the same problem with a multiple page scan only exporting to a one-page pdf. However, I did not know about this method for combining files into a pdf, so thank you for that tip!