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Why do PDFs I placed iBooks open in Preview

Why do PDFs I placed iBooks open in Preview? How can I change so that they open as a PDF?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Mojave (10.14.1)

Posted on Nov 20, 2018 10:33 PM

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Posted on Nov 20, 2018 10:53 PM

Preview is the default pdf reader. On a Mac iBooks is basically an app in which to store your pdfs, unlike an iOS device where pdfs open within it.

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