Preview Export now requires a password?

Why does exporting a document from Preview require a password (that I didn't set) when I open it again? Which means it's unusable because there is no actual password.

MacBook Air

Posted on Oct 25, 2022 7:30 PM

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3 replies

etresoft

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Oct 25, 2022 7:53 PM in response to Smurdoff

It’s a bug in preview. A PDF file that has any restrictions set will be locked as soon as you make any change, even if that change is explicitly allowed in said permissions. The only solution is to use some other PDF tool for these files.

etresoft

Level 9

55,542 points

Oct 25, 2022 8:16 PM in response to Smurdoff

Smurdoff wrote:

Can someone from Apple maybe suggest when said bug might be fixed? Seems like something pretty easy to fix

It could be fixed in Ventura. I haven’t tried to reproduce this bug in Ventura.

Smurdoff Author

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Oct 25, 2022 7:59 PM in response to etresoft

Can someone from Apple maybe suggest when said bug might be fixed? Seems like something pretty easy to fix

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Preview Export now requires a password?