Re: Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

2014-10-24 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Haha, okay, I thought you might say that. Was hoping to avoid the need for copying that 6GB file more than I needed to, but I suppose you're right, it will be much easier and probably worth the time to get an installation drive. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

Re: Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

2014-10-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Nick, Why not make it easy on yourself and copy the Install app into your Applications folder, then you wouldn't have to change anything. Cheers, Anne > On 24 Oct 2014, at 12:11, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Awesome, thanks, Anne! Seeing I have already installed Yosemite, but have a

Re: Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

2014-10-24 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Awesome, thanks, Anne! Seeing I have already installed Yosemite, but have a copy of the Install OS X Yosemite.app on a USB drive, should I replace the reference to /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app to use the file path to the app on my other USB device? And I notice that the terminal co

Re: Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

2014-10-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Nick, I never use the Recovery partition as it downloads a new version of the OS which takes too long. I always make a bootable USB key and install from that. I then restore my data from my Time Machine backup. Below is how to make a bootable USB key, you’ll need an 8 GB drive. Cheers,

Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Anne, I've been tempted to do a clean install for that reason. I didn't do it this time as they don't make it so easy anymore and I didn't want too much distraction while I'm finishing my thesis. Once I've submitted it, however, I might just give it a go. What do you think is the best way of

Re: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks all. I’ll try the work around next time I come across the issue, and will definitely report to Apple. I’d like a bit more information, however, before reporting, so that I can give them exact steps to reproduce the bug. I think others may have gotten there before me anyway. -- You recei

Re: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-20 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Report this to apple. This is a really important one. /A > 20 okt 2014 kl. 06:15 skrev Nicholas Parsons : > > Hi list, > > Yesterday someone else wrote about being unable to read some PDFs. We all > assumed this was because the PDFs were images and had not been through an OCR > process. I t

Re: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-20 Thread venky . 92
Hi, I dont think it is the file size thats causing the problem. I found a workaround for this. In finder, select the pdf you wish to read. Turn Vo off, open the pdf and turn Vo back on. Now interact with the pdf content 2 times. >From what i understood, you will not have to repeat this until you q

Re: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-20 Thread Buddy Brannan
I don't think file size is necessarily the problem if the problem is the same one I'm seeing. I've had a file open in one session and read perfectly, then in a different session have the file open and only say "PDF static text" and not read anything. I'm not sure how to replicate this, however.

Re: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-20 Thread christopher hallsworth
What about Nisus Writer Pro as that can apparently read and even edit PDF documents. > On 20 Oct 2014, at 05:15, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Hi list, > > Yesterday someone else wrote about being unable to read some PDFs. We all > assumed this was because the PDFs were images and had not bee

Re: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Nick, Did you do a clean install of Yosemite? Sometimes that can fix all kinds of weird behaviour. I always do a clean install of a new OS X. Cheers, Anne > On 20 Oct 2014, at 06:52, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > After a little more playing, it seems this might have something to do w

Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-19 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi list, Yesterday someone else wrote about being unable to read some PDFs. We all assumed this was because the PDFs were images and had not been through an OCR process. I think we were wrong. I've been finding some PDFs today at work which VoiceOver will not read. It just says “PDF static tex

Re: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-19 Thread Nicholas Parsons
After a little more playing, it seems this might have something to do with the size of the file and the time it takes to load. One of those files I am now able to read, so it might be that it just took a long time to load, which would still be a shame as one of the best things about the Mac was