I have the option to open groups of files in same window setting turned on, and this works for pictures.
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However, for PDFs this setting does not seem to work. Galaxy notes app for mac. App like catcheye for mac os.
I know opening multiple PDFs in the same window was possible at least in Sierra, I have no idea if they changed anything for High Sierra that caused this to fail.
I went through ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.preview/../com.apple.Preview.plistand found PVImageOpeningMode = 1
so this should be the correct setting, at least from what I know.
I tried getting my old ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.preview/fluff and replaced whatever setting I have right now ( it worked before ), and unfortunately I still cannot view multiple PDFs in the same window ( without using tabs ).
This is pretty vexing, right now im leaning on the conclusion that apple had some how changed how preview app works, unless there is another hidden preview setting location some where.
Has anybody found a solution to opening multiple PDFs in the same window in High Sierra?
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You can open multiple PDFs in the same window, but the UI is different. Multiple PDFs will now open in separate tabs rather than the old way of segmenting them by scrolling.
Here is a link to the Apple support site if the following steps are not clear: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206998
To ensure all documents open in tabs follow these steps:
(Open) System Preferences >(Select)Dock >(Go down to 5th option)Prefer open tabs when opening documents: >(Select from option menu^)Always
Now, when you open multiple PDFs they will open within the same window, segmented by different tabs.
^From the option menu, you have the following options:
Always: When you open another window in your app, it automatically opens as a tab in your current window.
In Full Screen Only: When you open another window in your app, it opens as a tab only if you're using the app in full screen. Otherwise, it opens as a new window.
Manually: Manually choose when to use tabs, whether or not you're using the app in full screen.
StackPancakesStackPancakes
If you have multiple PDF files that you want to open in ONE window as ONE file that you can scroll down you can do this:
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Now you have old view in which you can move pages up or down, delete them, add other files, save all as one pdf etc.
StanleyJohnnyStanleyJohnny
High Sierra added tabs in Preview 10.0, so no more multiple PDFs in a single window.
The only known solution to me is to continue using
Preview 9.0 .
I've taken this from the Github repo I specifically created for this reason, as to retain and make accessible a version of Preview 9.0:
How to get the old behaviour back:
Of course, if you need Preview 9.0 for all users, rename it to Preview9.app and move it to the root Applications folder in the sidebar.
Alternatively, just download Preview 9.0 from your old source, put it on your desktop, and when you want to open multiple pdfs in one page, drag and drop them onto the app icon. You can also create a new file containing all the pdfs in the page by using 'Export as PDF'.
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Not exactly a solution to the problem, but fwiw the work-around I am using is to open a document, show thumbnails, then drag other documents into the thumbnail area in the window. (From the last suggestion here: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22421?locale=en_US.)
From reading around I gather this is a change for the Preview prefs in High Sierra (or earlier) and the 'multiple' options are not accessible through the Preview UI in this release.
user259591user259591
Another approach is to concatenate the files by dragging and dropping to PDF Toolkit + app.
There are of course other tools on the market like PDFSam and such..
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OP here, I found a more technical work around to this. I'm going to assume the user already knows a bit of how to extract files from packages and use the Terminal.
If you don't : @frhd's answer is probably easier than trying to learn the basics.
Here it goes:
There is a py file included in mac OS that joins PDF files:
Extract the python file, so its more convenient:
'cd' to the directory of ONLY THE PDF files you want to combine.
run the python file as so:
And let it finish, then you will see an OUTPUT.pdf containing all the input PDFs, in the same directory.
**Note, the ordering you get is probably going to be the same as the 'ls' ordering, so if you care about order, you have to either modify join.py, or rename the input files.
Anyways, the OUTPUT.pdf is essentially multiple pdfs in one.
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You can combine pdf pages into one preview document by:
Hope this helps.
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