Preview randomly locks PDF docs

Preview app started randomly locking PDFs after I made changes to the docs. MacOS: Ventura 13.2.1

None of my passwords work to open the files. After it's locked, no other software can open it.

I spent hours working on the documents and now everything is locked.

MacBook Air (2018 – 2020)

Posted on Mar 25, 2023 5:17 AM

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1 reply

etresoft

Level 9

55,530 points

Mar 25, 2023 5:26 AM in response to S_aureus

This is a known bug in Apple’s Preview app. You’ll have to use another app to edit these kinds of files.

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