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    Opening PDF file takes a long time - bugs in Preview or MBA?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by lanwarrior, Nov 21, 2010.

  1. lanwarrior

    lanwarrior Notebook Evangelist

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    I have 2010 MBA 11" (see sigs below). I noticed that when I open a large PDF file, say more than 10MB, the Preview app chokes and slow. Scrolling just one page takes minutes.

    I know it's not due to the MBA specs, because I can open the same large PDF in the following manner without any slowness:

    1). Nitro PDF in Windows 7 in VMWare Fusion running in MBA
    2). Adobe Acrobat in Atom notebook (bought in 2007, so it's much less powerful than MBA).

    I wonder if anyone experiences this and have any solution. I am thinking it maybe the Preview app itself or some other apps that I install, but couldn't figure out what.
     
    lanwarrior, Nov 21, 2010
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    did you try using Acrobat Reader instead of preview?

    I've never had this issue with Preview... strange.
     
    doh123, Nov 22, 2010
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