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Reginald5D0D
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August 27, 2020
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watermark is always showed on Mac Preview

  • August 27, 2020
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After adding a watermark with Acrobat DC, with option only showing when printing, I open the file again on Mac Preview. The watermark is always there, even for reading on computer, not printing yet.

 

Testing on Acrobat Reader DC, MS Edge seems fine. However, viewing on Safari is also showing the watermark all the time.

 

So, the watermark is not Mac-friendly? Or am I missing something?

Please advice.

 

Thanks.

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    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 7, 2021

    Apple Preview (aka "the PDF killer") is preview software that opens PSD, JPEG, DOCX, XLSX, PDF, etc.

     

    But you don't expect it to have the same functionality as Photoshop, Word, or Excel, so why believe it can have the same functionality as Acrobat?

     

    Apple Preview has not changed in depth since the publication of these articles, which are still relevant:

    http://khkonsulting.com/2013/06/preview-app-killer-of-pdf-files/

    http://duff-johnson.com/2014/04/07/apples-preview-still-not-safe-for-work/

     

     

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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    Phillip24168019mj1j
    Participant
    April 23, 2022

    So i discovered this issue on my iPhone, but I thought it might be Safari related. Then a customer brought it to my attention on her mac using chrome. I downloaded the Adobe Acrobat reader app thinking surely they would honor their own feature. I was sadly let down as this app is not a solution to view the book I poured 2 years of my life into making. Now, I can find no option but to remove the watermark alltogether to attempt to recover from a spoiled customer experience with my first graphic intensive book. I had hoped to have something to discourage plagarism without going crazy on it, but I am so let down by these "apex" companies who seem not to vet their products to insure they do what they say.

    The resaon I purchased Adobe DC in the first place was to do this and to fix all the mangled bookmark order Indesign exported. I really am not fealing the value in this product right now.

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 23, 2022

    What is the issue you're facing, exactly?

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    rosie.rosenbrock
    Inspiring
    October 7, 2021

    I have this problem, too. 

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 27, 2020

    Apple Preview is known to be a very buggy application. In fact, it corrupts PDF files (especially with form fields) just by opening them. You should report this issue to Apple.

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    rosie.rosenbrock
    Inspiring
    October 7, 2021

    I use Apple Preview almost exclusively and have never had any trouble. 

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