For the past few weeks, every time I open a pdf in Preview, the sidebar with thumbnails disappears. To make it come back, I have to go to the search bar and delete the empty space there. It is happening on two different desktops (an imac and a mac mini) and my laptop (Macbook). How can I solve this problem permanently?
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Original Title: Disappearing thumbnail sidebar in Previes
Mac mini, macOS 14.6
If you have a PDF open with the Sidebar visible, then select Hide Sidebar before closing that PDF and quitting Preview. It will remember the hidden Sidebar for all subsequently opened PDFs — until you select Show Sidebar again.
Tested and using Sequoia 15.5 on 1 M2 Desktop, 1 M3 Laptop and 1 M4 Desktop
This is from an 8 page PDF representing page 1 Thumbnail in sidebar
Un-Tick " Hide Sidebar "
I can't see what would cause opening a pdf to have already text inserted into the search box.
Does the same thing happen:
a) on a new user account?
b) on your account, if booted in Safe Mode?
How can I permanently restore disappearing thumbnail sidebar in Preview?
