Custom Quartz Filter In Preview Not Showing Up

I've just upgraded to El Capitan and saw my custom quartz filters gone... Googled for some help and found this thread....

I see I'm not the only one with this problem....

Any other method to disable the folder protection...? Nathan's method looks a little scary....🙂

thanks.

I have OS X version 10.11.3 and I was able to use the pdf quartz filters, but NOT from the original file. I first had to create a DUPLICATE from the Preview app and when I was prompted to save it, the pull down menus for the filter options were made available to me. I was able to reduce the size of a color scan (9.3MB) to a B&W file (1.8MB).

While this may be an old answer, it was new to me!

I hope this helps.

I also have 10.11.3 and here's what I did to make this work...

Step 1

go to HD/Applications/Utilities/ColorSync Utility

click the + at the bottom to create a new filter - named it 'Compress PDF'

left click on the circle down arrow on the right side of the window - Add Color Management Component > Convert to Profile

In the drop down select Generic RGB Profile > All Data > All Objects

left click on the circle down arrow on the right side of the window again - Add Image Effects Component > Image Compression

In the drop down select JPEG and move the slider to about 1/4 of the way from the min

Step 2

create a new folder named Filters and place in HD/Library

Step 3

go to HD/Users/Name/Library

if the Library is not visible then it has been hidden -

see http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-show-hidden-files-in-mac-os-x- finder-funter-3520878/

if visible, select the Compress PDF filter and move it HD/Library/Filters

The Compress PDF filter should now be visible at top of the options when saving a file in Preview

Now, can someone show me how to restore Compress PDF in the Print Dialog Box under the PDF options?

Just copy your filter from

/Users/YourName/Library/Filters/

to /Library/PDF Services/

and the customized profile will be back in preview.

Cheers

Hi,

someone more smarter find a better solution, check this out, it is fantastic

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3213814?answerId=16290580022#16290580022

Hey, glad to be of help.

Brilliant - saved me hours of searching around for an answer!

This folder is hidden in OS X Lion. Press "Shift+Command+G" and type in "/Users/YOURNAME/Library/" in the path to be directed to the Library folder.

Best of luck.

Hi,

thanks for that one, but with my settings, I have no file change, only if I use the built in reduce file size.

Any idea?

Thanks!! Saved me time and frustration :-)

Thanks again! There's always someone with the same problem and someone else smart enough to fix it! 😉

Din anyone reported this bug to Apple?

I'm sure that the expected behavior is not to require you to copy the new filters to system directory. This looks like a bug in Preview.app.

I love my iphone, but... wrote:

Thanks again! There's always someone with the same problem and someone else smart enough to fix it! 😉

➕ Indeed.

This is brilliant. Thanks so much. Just made my life easier!!

Just to improve on this... in Finder open the GO menu and keep the option key pressed. You'll see that Library appears. It's easier than typing the full path. Hope this helps.