Cannot edit form fillable PDF and cannot print to PDF

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June 16, 2017
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I'm running Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 and trying to comment and edit a form fillable PDF.

I cannot edit it because of the interactive form features so Acrobat Pro DC asks me to print it:

"This form is interactive and has special features. To save a copy of it that you can treat as any other PDF file, choose File Print and then choose the Adobe PDF printer. This creates a PDF file that does not have special features, so you can add comments to it or send it out for review."

So I try to print it using File > Print > [Printer] > [Save as PDF] / [Save as Adobe PDF]

"Saving a PDF file when printing is not supported. Instead, choose File > Save."

ugh, this is a very bad joke..

I can't seem to export it as a regular PDF, none of those options work either.

How can I export this as a regular PDF

What the can I do short of printing it and scanning it back in?

edit: I found this New iMac running OSX 10.11 El Capitan unable to print to PDF (Nov 2015) which says this is due to a security change in OS X -- its been over a year, is there a workaround?

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bear in mind that if you do that it will no longer be possible to fill it in.

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I looked into the message. It seems to mean this is a "LiveCycle Designer form" which cannot be edited with Mac software and cannot be commented. Such forms are ONLY for filling, and that's what the form designer chose. So you're stuck.