preview jumps to first page on edit

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preview jumps to first page on edit

I purchased a new mac iBook Pro last week. I use Preview to merge and edit PDF's. Some are hundreds of pages long. With the new laptop Preview automatically jumps to the first page of the PDF whenever I delete a page in the middle of the document. On the iBook Pro that I just replaced, it would display the page immediately after the newly deleted page. I think that jumping to the first page is a bug and not a feature. In any case, I want Preview to jump to the page after the one I just deleted. How do I make this happen?

New iBook Pro: OS 10.12.6, Preview 9.0 (909.18)

Old iBook Pro: OS 10.11.6 Preview 8.1 (877.7)

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, 4 TBT3), macOS Sierra (10.12.6), Preview bug

Posted on Nov 9, 2017 6:04 AM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Nov 9, 2017 6:44 AM in response to dji3000@vt

Preview 9 is going to do what it was programmed to do. You have no control over the new behavior after deleting a page from the PDF.

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Eric Root

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Nov 9, 2017 7:34 AM in response to dji3000@vt

These are mostly user to user discussions. We have no way of knowing what the developers intent was. If you feel this could be improved, send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for change. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem/suggested change solved sooner.

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dji3000@vt Author

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Nov 9, 2017 7:25 AM in response to VikingOSX

Your reply is not helpful. I understand that programs do what they are programmed to do. I've known that since the 80's. Bugs are not because a program executes incorrectly, but because they were programmed incorrectly.

My question is: did the developers intend to change how Preview responds to a page deletion, or was it an inadvertent change that needs to be corrected.

Thank you.

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