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<blockquote data-quote="janeserky" data-source="post: 1707125" data-attributes="member: 372409"><p>Hello</p><p>I am using an iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB memory. OS X is El Capitan 10.11.14. I usually use Apple's Preview app without a problem but since upgrading to El Capitan something is amiss!</p><p>I often receive bills etc as PDFs and download them from the internet to keep a copy. I also use the inbuilt tools to annotate various information eg - date of payment etc. When I open some PDFs now they look like machine language (or empty squares). I have done some testing:</p><p>1. download from website and file auto saves as XXXX.pdf</p><p>2. double click to open => views OK in Preview.app</p><p>3. 'get info' shows file is a PDF document</p><p>4. double click filename in Finder to rename</p><p>5. double click file to open => views OK in Preview.app (YYYY.pdf)</p><p></p><p>1. double click XXXX.pdf to open in Preview.app</p><p>2. choose file 'save as' and rename file</p><p>3. double click to open => scrambled in Preview.app</p><p></p><p>1. double click YYYY.pdf => views OK in Preview.app</p><p>2. edit with tool to add text</p><p>3. save and close</p><p>4. double click to open => scrambled text in Preview.app</p><p></p><p>1. open YYYY.pdf in Adode Reader</p><p>2. edit with tools to add text</p><p>3. save and close</p><p>4. double click to open in Adobe Reader or Preview.app => views OK</p><p></p><p>What is happening? How do I get Preview.app to work correctly?</p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="janeserky, post: 1707125, member: 372409"] Hello I am using an iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB memory. OS X is El Capitan 10.11.14. I usually use Apple's Preview app without a problem but since upgrading to El Capitan something is amiss! I often receive bills etc as PDFs and download them from the internet to keep a copy. I also use the inbuilt tools to annotate various information eg - date of payment etc. When I open some PDFs now they look like machine language (or empty squares). I have done some testing: 1. download from website and file auto saves as XXXX.pdf 2. double click to open => views OK in Preview.app 3. 'get info' shows file is a PDF document 4. double click filename in Finder to rename 5. double click file to open => views OK in Preview.app (YYYY.pdf) 1. double click XXXX.pdf to open in Preview.app 2. choose file 'save as' and rename file 3. double click to open => scrambled in Preview.app 1. double click YYYY.pdf => views OK in Preview.app 2. edit with tool to add text 3. save and close 4. double click to open => scrambled text in Preview.app 1. open YYYY.pdf in Adode Reader 2. edit with tools to add text 3. save and close 4. double click to open in Adobe Reader or Preview.app => views OK What is happening? How do I get Preview.app to work correctly? Thanks [/QUOTE]
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