Preview Bugs - 11.0 (1044.2) Ventura 13.5 - Can't edit PDF's like it used to

The latest version of preview is buggy. My issues:

  • Comments don't work - now when I press the comment button under "markup" it puts a yellow sticky in the middle of the page which I can't for the life of me move to where I want it. I also can't highlight text to add a comment any more.
  • Highlighting - yellow is the only colour that works all the time, when I change the colour to something else by "right clicking" it changes colour, but if highlighted again its back to yellow.


Adding annotations to PDF's is a common thing to do, and preview used to be awesome at it, but these bugs make it super frustrating to even simple comments in a doc.


Apple please fix it!

MacBook Pro (2021)

Posted on Aug 23, 2023 05:05 PM

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Posted on Aug 24, 2023 04:55 AM

Lite User wrote:

• The latest version of preview is buggy. My issues:
Comments don't work - now when I press the comment button under "markup" it puts a yellow sticky in the middle of the page which I can't for the life of me move to where I want it. I also can't highlight text to add a comment any more.
• Highlighting - yellow is the only colour that works all the time, when I change the colour to something else by "right clicking" it changes colour, but if highlighted again its back to yellow.

Adding annotations to PDF's is a common thing to do, and preview used to be awesome at it, but these bugs make it super frustrating to even simple comments in a doc.

Apple please fix it!



you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple



The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.5.1

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support


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Aug 24, 2023 04:55 AM in response to Lite User

Lite User wrote:

• The latest version of preview is buggy. My issues:
Comments don't work - now when I press the comment button under "markup" it puts a yellow sticky in the middle of the page which I can't for the life of me move to where I want it. I also can't highlight text to add a comment any more.
• Highlighting - yellow is the only colour that works all the time, when I change the colour to something else by "right clicking" it changes colour, but if highlighted again its back to yellow.

Adding annotations to PDF's is a common thing to do, and preview used to be awesome at it, but these bugs make it super frustrating to even simple comments in a doc.

Apple please fix it!



you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple



The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.5.1

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support


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Preview Bugs - 11.0 (1044.2) Ventura 13.5 - Can't edit PDF's like it used to

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