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June 15, 2025
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Adobe Opens PDFs Displaying only a Gray screen

  • June 15, 2025
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I’ve downloaded the latest version of Adobe Acrobat on my Mac (running Sequoia 15.5). When I log in and attempt to open certain PDF files, they display as a gray screen.

These same PDFs open correctly in Preview, so the files themselves are not corrupted. I’ve also tested using a different Adobe account and encountered the same issue. This doesn’t appear to be related to macOS Sequoia, as I experienced the same problem on my previous operating system.

Interestingly, some PDFs—typically ones from businesses—open without issue. And some display partial gray areas. However, any PDFs I’ve scanned myself consistently fail to load and show only a gray screen.

Correct answer try67

Go to Menu - Preferences - Page Display and make sure that "Show large images" is ticked.

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try67
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Community Expert
June 15, 2025

Go to Menu - Preferences - Page Display and make sure that "Show large images" is ticked.

Participant
June 15, 2025

Perfect!! That worked!  Thank you so much!