I've read the ways this should be able to work, but none have worked of me.
APPLE just get this done; add Delete to a file within the app Preview. Why make us jump through hoops. If you're concerned about us accidentally dumping a file just add the "Are you Sure?"
If anyone knows how to do this without converting it to a PDF please let us know.
Mac Studio, macOS 15.1
OutsideShooter wrote:
... add Delete to a file within the app Preview. Why make us jump through hoops. If you're concerned about us accidentally dumping a file just add the "Are you Sure?"
If anyone knows how to do this without converting it to a PDF please let us know.
I don't know of any app like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, Textedit, Adobe Acrobat, other PDF editors ... etc. ... that can delete a file from within the app. Why not just go to Finder and delete the file? Two clicks ...
You can submit feedback to Apple to add this feature but this is the first time I have ever heard of anyone requesting it. Apple might listen if scores of such requests came in, but this seems like sort of an obscure (and not common) request for a feature.
I don't know what you want to do but try the following just in case it helps.
In Preview with an open file click "File" on the top menu and then press the Option key and "Save As" will appear in the menu. Click Save As and it will show you which folder the open file is in. If you Save As it will create a copy of the file, not move it.
Or, in Preview in the toolbar the file name is at the top left hand side. Hover over it and then click the down arrow that appears. You can see where the file is or move the file somewhere else by clicking on the up/down arrows and selecting a folder.
Sorry if it's not what you're talking about. Just trying to help.
Yup you are correct. I want to delete a file, even if forced to create a pdf first from the app Preview while it is open.
Agree. Holding my breath leads to a total collapse of consciousness
is there any app that does that besides some sort of file manager like Finder?
By the way, I did send a note to Feedback
Yes thanks Barney, and this is disabled
dialabrain, yes that's where I left my feedback, and thank you for the link
You're welcome.
How do I delete from Preview without creating a PDF?
