How to move a Preview digital signature?

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How to move a Preview digital signature?

I made a digital signature in Preview to use to sign pdfs. I did this on my Air because that has a camera (you have to take a picture of your signature). I want to move this digital signature I made on the Air to Preview on my Mac mini (where I don't have a camera) so I can use it there, too. I don't see an obvious way to do it. I tried copying pref files over and that didn't work. Any ideas about how I can do it?

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 8, 2013 9:11 AM

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Linc Davis

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Mar 8, 2013 12:30 PM in response to nigmia

Transferring Preview app signatures

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nigmia Author

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Mar 9, 2013 8:34 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks Linc, that worked perfectly. It's pretty tortuous for a non-techie like me, but follow it carefully and it does work - though I'd recommend looking at the comments underneath, because there's a bit of trickery to get the Preview Signature Privacy to show up (or at least there was for me). I am now busily digitally-signing every pdf I can find. No doubt the novelty will wear off eventually.

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