choudron

Q: Preview just loading when opening a .pdf

Hey.

 

The problem i'm having is when i'm trying to open a large (~20mb and larger) .pdf file in preview it just loads. It never opens! It doesnt matter if i wait for 10 minutes or 10 hours. It just wont open. I can open it in Chrome but it's so laggy.

 

I have a macbook pro late 2008 with a ssd instead of the orignial harddrive, 4gb ram and Yosemite is installed on it. ( Have the same problem regardless of OS and harddrive).

 

When opening the same file on my macbook early 2008 with a ssd, 2gb ram and Mountain Lion installed it works good.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 13, 2015 5:18 AM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 13, 2015 8:30 AM in response to choudron
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    Mar 13, 2015 8:30 AM in response to choudron

    Back up all data. Quit Preview if it's running.

    Hold down the option key and select Go Library from the Finder menu bar. From the Library folder, delete the following items, if they exist:

              Containers/com.apple.Preview

              Containers/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper

              Group Containers/com.apple.Preview

              Preferences/com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList.plist

              Preferences/com.apple.Preview.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist

              Saved Application State/com.apple.Preview.savedState

    Log out and log back in. Launch the application and test.