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LostinME Author

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Slow PDF Viewing in Yosemite

Hello,

Since Yosemite Beta, Safari makes viewing PDF very slow. I don't have the problem if I download the PDF and use Preview app.

I have a rMBP late 2013 i7 16GB. It's even slow when having a few pages open. Firefox doesn't have this problem.

Also it seems that randomly Safari starts to use the discrete graphics.

This is very very very annoying.

Any ideas? Or we have to wait Apple to fix this ****.. they must be pretty idle knowing how the "new" ipad is the same as before.

iPad, iOS 8.1

Posted on Oct 21, 2014 4:21 AM

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sanpitch

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Posted on Oct 21, 2014 6:15 AM

I actually have the problem with Preview. It uses an entire CPU and makes PDF viewing unworkable.

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Nov 14, 2014 3:20 PM in response to LostinME

The same happening here, upgrade to Yosemite was an error :/ My macbook pro late 2011 ( 17´ 8gb ram) just turn off two times before trying to run a pdf in preview.. how could this be possible! open it in adobe acrobat is the only way that it works for now

vingnote

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Nov 16, 2014 11:21 AM in response to LostinME

I confirm having the same problem. PDF reading is supposed to be super fast in OS X because of Quartz, why is it behaving the other way around?

LostinME Author

Level 1

9 points

Nov 16, 2014 2:12 PM in response to vingnote

Tired of all this ****.... Mac OSX is supposed to be tried because it's made for a limited hardware. Now...

PDF! The universal document format is not working properly since Yosemite... well I remember having troubles before too but they were solved by using Preview instead of Adobe Reader.

I'm also about to sell my Apple TV because it go unusable after installing Yosemite. Trying the beta 10.10.1 and it's the same.. if it's sunny it works.. God knows.

TIRED!

Nov 17, 2014 6:02 PM in response to LostinME

Does the 10.10.1 update solve the pdf issue?

Nov 17, 2014 6:59 PM in response to Marcelo NS

No it didn't! The scrolling is still terribly slow, even in 3rd party pdf apps.

Nov 18, 2014 3:47 PM in response to nuevaalma

Just updated to 10.10.1 sadly they did´t fix the issue, pathetic.

eiyu

Level 1

9 points

Nov 22, 2014 9:05 PM in response to LostinME

I tried re-exporting the PDF file from Preview into a PDF format again, and when I opened the new file, it seems to be more responsive. The lag is still there but not as horrible as the original file.

Nov 24, 2014 2:42 PM in response to eiyu

I also have this problem on my 2009 2,66Mhz MBP with 8 GB RAM and a SSD. Scrolling a 15 page 2 MB PDF is very slow....

LostinME Author

Level 1

9 points

Nov 25, 2014 2:41 AM in response to LostinME

Can anyone still in warranty talk with Apple Support and get some feedback?

Nov 28, 2014 9:05 AM in response to LostinME

It is very strange: in quicklook pdf drawings are very fast! In Preview and safari everything slow down.

annoying!!!!

Dec 3, 2014 12:18 PM in response to LostinME

What happens is that when I open a PDF with preview, I can view the first pages but then, at page 3 or 4, Preview freezes for a few seconds: could it be that Spotlight is processing the file ?

C.V.

Dec 8, 2014 6:42 PM in response to Lovelovesus2

Im also having this problem. Im better off viewing pdf's with Safari.

Dec 12, 2014 1:07 PM in response to LostinME

Same to me on a 2010 MBP 13'. There are various reports about the new preview.app, as it seems to be by far less smart than its precursor.

The reports include poor resolution of pdfs, slow response to commands and, which is my nightmare, the removal of the yellow auto-adjustment bars for text fields, arrows etc.

My solution: Use preview.app version 7 (current is 8). You can get this by copy&pasting it from a backup of Mavericks or earlier versions out of the applications folder. It will not be possible to replace the app in the applications folder of Yosemite, but it can be put into documents or elsewhere, the two versions can co-exist without problems in my experience.

If you do not have a backup to use, there are several versions available for downloading within the community, just search around. I would upload my old one, but I guess a german version will not help. If you need it though, let me know.

Hope that helps you!

Greetings;

Dec 12, 2014 1:25 PM in response to Toranaga-Sama

Here my old version, try if it works.

It is the german one. I dont know if it automatically takes over the language of the new host system or if it works on other than my system at all, but you can try to use that one.

Hope that helps you!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dypgowys9379p8m/AAC_eHjG_Rxa73pj3nzw6Wcra?dl=0

magiaros

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Dec 12, 2014 1:38 PM in response to LostinME

The universal document format is not working properly since Yosemite nevertheless "angry birds" and "cut the rope" are working perfectly

apple has different priorities

retina macbook pro,the perfect laptop for a professional(?) cannot read pdf files.Great!!!

my xperia z ultra can though

even my ps3 can read pdf files however the retina macbook pro cannot.

Slow PDF Viewing in Yosemite