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Hi, for some reason I cannot now use the search function in Preview. It used to work. I have tried the simple solutions suggested such as force quite of Preview, closing and re-opening the PDF files and updating my Mac version. Opening in safe mode did not help. I have the problem with all PDF files. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2
Thanks so much for your help. I tried safe mode and still had the problem. I was a bit reluctant to delete my user account so hadn't got that far. But through all this have found a work around where I try the find function, fail, then go to Edit, Find, and somehow it comes right. So not perfect but very grateful that I have functionality back!
Thanks so much for your help. I tried safe mode and still had the problem. I was a bit reluctant to delete my user account so hadn't got that far. But through all this have found a work around where I try the find function, fail, then go to Edit, Find, and somehow it comes right. So not perfect but very grateful that I have functionality back!
Is user profile accurate MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2 ?
The current version of Big Sur is 11.6.6 as of May 16, 2022
An aside - using Preview and any PDF opened in Apple Preview >> Search works just fine
1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.
2 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.
3 - Does the issue present in this mode ?
4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.
5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.
6 - If after performing each of the above steps is the order that have been presents and still have issues - please advise for possible further assistance.
Good workaround 😃
You are welcome and thank you too.
Do come back to the Apple Support Communities ( ASC ) in the future, if / or when additional questions may arise
PS Never, delete or Downgrade your Only Admin Account.
The suggestion was to Only create a New User Account for testing purposes .
I just updated today to MacOS BigSur 11.6.6.
Macbook Air M1 2020
Thanks
Are you sure that the pdf you are trying is searchable?
Some pdf contain the actual text, but others are just like scans of the pages.
PDF search function not working in Preview
