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Q: Preview lost changes

I used a pdf file created in Preview to annotate notes on over several days on my MacBook Pro. The original file was saved when created (through the print dialogue) then left open for note-taking, presuming that the auto-save feature was capturing everything. After a routine restart, all the annotations are gone, and the "last modified" date is the day the file was created. Nothing shows under "Browse all versions" and even dropbox does not indicate a version of the file was ever deleted. Does anyone know any tricks to recover those annotations? Major problem for me right now if I can't get these back, so appreciate any ideas...

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 20-inch, Early 2008, 4GB 667MHz

Posted on Oct 22, 2015 11:33 AM