Preview always opens PDF files to Page 2

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Preview always opens PDF files to Page 2

I've got a really strange issue and I can't seem to find anything about it online. For some reason, when I open PDF files in Preview they always open up to the second page (I tried a .docx file and it opened to the first page). This has been going on for a while, but it's starting to become an annoyance as I work with PDF files all day. I've checked the Preferences, and nothing stands out. Is there any way to do a "full reset" of Preview? I'm on a 2014 iMac running Yosemite 10.10.4 Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Posted on Aug 13, 2015 9:12 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Aug 13, 2015 9:28 AM in response to awer25

Quit Preview.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Remove the following. You may not find them all. Restart and test.

Containers/com.apple.Preview

Containers/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper

Preferences/com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList.plist

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

Saved Application State/com.apple.Preview.savedState

Credit Linc Davis for this solution.

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Answer 2

awer25 Author

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Aug 13, 2015 9:37 AM in response to Eric Root

Thank you for the reply. I deleted those files and restarted, but it didn't fix the issue unfortunately.

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Answer 3

Boris83

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Aug 17, 2015 9:11 AM in response to awer25

Same issue here. Very strange.

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Answer 4

Dec 21, 2015 2:29 AM in response to awer25

I also have this very same issue.

Opening PDF files in Preview app always opens on Page 2. I've tried the solution suggested by Eric Root but the same problem occurs with these files deleted.

Very strange.

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Answer 5

Jul 27, 2016 5:34 AM in response to awer25

I have the same problem and it's been going on a long time.

It's really annoying.

I can't find anything in the preferences to account for it.

I'm on a late 2012 iMac with Yosemite 10.10.5

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Eric Root

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Jul 27, 2016 8:21 AM in response to anyusernameleft

You might want to start your own post since this one is from last year. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

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Answer 7

Aug 11, 2016 12:47 PM in response to awer25

Still happening a year later on 10.11.6. Here is a clue for Apple (maybe they will fix it in a decade). If you make a 2 slide/page PDF from Keynote, Preview will open it on page one. If you make a PDF from a 3 or more slide/page PDF, Preview will open it on page 2. But, oddly Adobe Acrobat Reader opens on page 1 as it's supposed to. I'm guessing it is a combination of using the PDF Producer, "Mac OS X 10.10/11 Quartz PDFContext" and using the OS X Preview App, Can you possibly fix this Apple? It's been going on for years!

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Answer 8

Eric Root

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Aug 12, 2016 9:44 AM in response to John Driedger

Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions. These are mostly user to user discussions.

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for improvement. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem/suggested change solved sooner.

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