I import a pdf file that has multiple pages into photos but I can only see the first page only. Is there a way to display all the pages in photos? The pages are there because if I export the file the pages are all there.
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
Not that I am aware of - but Photos is only designed for photo management, not document management - try using Pages or even preview to work with PDFs rather than Photos
LN
If you have a PDF with several pages in Preview, you can view all pages by using Preview as an external editor.
Select the PDF file in Photos, then go to the menu "Image > Edit With" and select Preview from the list of external editors. Preview will show you all pages.
Thanks both but perfectly aware of Preview editing pdf's. That was not the issue. The file in question contains multiple pages of pdf photos. When importing the file to photos, it only shows the first page which you can edit ok but it wasn't clear if there was a way to see (or edit) the other pages as well. The answer is no. Apparently photos turns the first page into jpg type file so it can be viewed (and edited) but the rest remain as they were. If one attempts to export the edited file only that first page is exported. If exporting as the original file (option) the entire pdf file is exported. At least that was my experience.
I think you misunderstood. Using "Image > Edit With" while viewing your photos in in Photos for Mac will allow you to view your PDF - all pages - in Photos, without having to export it from Photos. But you will not be able to save the edits back to Photos as a PDF.
You'll have to convert each page in the PDF file to an image file and import them into the library. There are apps that can do that or you can create an Automator workflow/app to convert:
You can experiment with the app to get it to where you want the photos. There's also a module to import them into Photos but I haven't tried it.
Thanks all. Very helpful.
display multiple pdf pages in photos
