Dear all,
When viewing this PDF file in Preview I am getting blank pages.
This is a new behaviour it was visible last time I used it several months ago.
It is visible on Adobe Pro that I have on Windows/Parallels.
The file is very heavy 110 MB, created it a while ago, 2018, from a scan.
It is on a M1 Pro mac OS 14.5
Any fix for this?
Thank you in advance.
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.5
Apple's older PDF Frameworks on which Preview and Quick Look are based, are not compatible with all PDF content. Adobe being the originator of the PDF specification can keep their Acrobat products current as they pay no royalties, or experience application disruption to do so. As you have discovered, Acrobat is more capable than Preview in certain cases.
This does not explain why you could view it months ago in Preview, and not now. As you can view the PDF in Acrobat Pro on Windows, you should also be able to view it properly with the free and current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader for the Mac. I keep this current on my Mac (M2 mini Pro, Sonoma 14.5) as a just-in-case tool.
Apple's older PDF Frameworks on which Preview and Quick Look are based, are not compatible with all PDF content. Adobe being the originator of the PDF specification can keep their Acrobat products current as they pay no royalties, or experience application disruption to do so. As you have discovered, Acrobat is more capable than Preview in certain cases.
This does not explain why you could view it months ago in Preview, and not now. As you can view the PDF in Acrobat Pro on Windows, you should also be able to view it properly with the free and current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader for the Mac. I keep this current on my Mac (M2 mini Pro, Sonoma 14.5) as a just-in-case tool.
Does the PDF display correctly in the free current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, or Pro, whichever you have now on macOS 14.5? If you locate the PDF icon, click once, and press the space bar, does the PDF view correctly in the Finder's Quick Look?
Hello
It displays correctly in Adobe Pro,
It also showed blank pages in Quick Look
Thanks
Viewing PDF in preview gets blank pages
