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Preview displays some pages of pdf as black / with thumbnails blank, and some pages of pdf / thumbnails as normal

Preview displays some pages of pdf as black / with thumbnails blank; and some pages of pdf / thumbnails display as normal. is this a problem with the Preview App or the pdf file?

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 29, 2020 1:44 PM

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Posted on Feb 29, 2020 2:16 PM

Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


Also try Adobe Reader DC...


https://get.adobe.com/reader/

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Preview displays some pages of pdf as black / with thumbnails blank, and some pages of pdf / thumbnails as normal

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