garyma

Q: Preview annotation & display not properly working in El Capitan

  1. I recently upgraded from Yosemite to El Capitan (10.11.4). On my first try of annotation with El Capitan, I can double click and highlight or strikeout, but I cannot insert text nor shapes (e.g. rectangles).

 

  • When I insert text, I see a big "Text" in red, but, contrary to previous version, there is no way I can edit the "Text". In Yosemite, I would just type text on my keyboard, but now, with El Capitan, nothing happens. Alternatively, I could double-click "Text", but again nothing happens.

 

  • When I insert a shape (rectangle), I am unable to move it, as the cursor remains in text mode.

 

     2. A second problem with Preview is that when I open a PDF file, it is appended to the previous PDF file that I was viewing. When I click print, both files get printed, which is an annoying waste of paper!


Are these general problems with Preview in El Capitan? I must say that when I upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite, I was so disappointed with Preview annotation that I installed the Mavericks version (7) of Preview next to the standard version (8). I no longer have the Preview7 app, which I deleted. But perhaps, I need to clean up some library files too?



MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), 2x2.0 GHz (Core i7), MacOS X 10.7.2

Posted on Apr 13, 2016 2:47 PM

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  • by jkbull,Apple recommended

    jkbull jkbull Apr 18, 2016 4:57 AM in response to garyma
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    Apr 18, 2016 4:57 AM in response to garyma

    Please try the following: Launch Tunnelblick, but do not connect to a VPN. See if the problems in Preview still happen.

     

    If the problems only happen while you are connected to the VPN, the most likely cause of the problems is that Preview is making Internet requests that are being routed through the VPN and not handled properly. Preview and other Apple applications "phone home" to perform a variety of functions, and if that is interfered with a lot of strange things can happen.

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