all of a sudden I dont have permission to open PDF in my Books app

I have the books app. Have many PDF (instruction books Ive uploaded and out of nowhere it says I dont have permissions to open the PDFS. Each PDF!!! it was fine a few weeks ago...What is going on and what can I do to fix!!

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.7

Posted on Jun 6, 2025 11:11 AM

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