Hello,
After upgrading to Sierra, I can no longer edit a document in Preview without it making a copy. When I open a pdf from Evernote in Preview, and modify, I get the message, "The original document can't be changed, so a duplicate with your changes has been created." I can't seem to figure out how to fix this. Any ideas, or is this a bug?
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Your problem is completely different from the one discussed in this thread (inability to edit a pdf inside the ~/Library folder). Instead of hijacking the thread, start a new one with a descriptive title and give specific details about your mac model and os version.
I had this problem when I tried to open a file from another application Zotero. I found a solution in their message boards. Try moving the Evernote default file location out of ~/Library/Application Support/. It seems like Preview can't edit files there.
Now on Sierra when I try to copy and paste some selection of PDF this bellow problem happens. Even in JPG or PNG files this still happen
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Thanks for the response. I used to be able to do this no problem, and Preview would not create a duplicate copy. Is there some permission I need to change in order to prevent the duplication?
I am not seeing this either.
Maybe there is a permissions issue.
Where is the pdf stored? Does it happen with another pdf, not coming from Evernote?
Looks like you don't have permission to write on that folder.
Select the folder in the Finder anf do command-I to open the Get Info window.
Do you have read and write permissions?
I have checked the folder in Finder, and certainly do have read and write permissions. I find this very odd.
I have found that this is indeed an issue for Evernote users. See discussion here: https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/98433-evernote-on-macos-sierra-beta/?page= 2#comment-431845
thank you Luis, see above. blessings
I'm having an identical problem editing pdfs opened from Box.com. It also just began happening after the upgrade to MacOS Sierra. I tried Disk First Aid and repairs but that didn't have any effect.
I bet that Apple will not fix this - they will simply ignore it.
But previously I was able to edit and store the same edited content in I books.But now it is not possible
Have same problem. It's incredibly frustrating.
Cannot change original document in Preview
