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Jayhawk Raven

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Oct 21, 2015
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2017 iMac, 27-inch, Retina 5K (iMac18,3) 16 GB Ram, Fusion Drive, running Sierra.

I "upgraded" to High Sierra a few weeks ago and Preview was completely unusable. If it opened at all it would usually freeze within a few minutes. I have pdfpenpro installed as well, which I usually use only when manipulating a .pdf. I had problems with pdfpenpro as well in High Sierra, but not with the frequency of the problems with Preview. It was annoying enough that I used time machine to go back to Sierra.

I am still having problems working with Preview in Sierra, but not with the frequency I had during my week in High Sierra.

I have noticed that when I use the print to preview workflow that will frequently trigger a problem. That is, if I use the print driver instead of exporting to pdf, that seems to sometimes trigger the problem.

I am wondering if my problem might be with the print drivers and not necessarily with Preview/Pdfpenpro.

Any thoughts or advice are appreciated.
 
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