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Remove PDF passwords using a virtual PDF printer
Authored by: mncladdict on Nov 15, '05 10:00:42AM

If you have an old Mac OS X installer CD laying around, you can pull Preview v.1 off of it which completely ignores PDF password protection. Thanks Steve!



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Remove PDF passwords using a virtual PDF printer
Authored by: stevec on Nov 15, '05 02:57:14PM

If you have the MOSX 10.1 install CD look in /system/installation/packages/ESSENTIALS.PKG. Pacifist is great for this. Open the file in Preview 1.1 and select print. Select Print PDF as Postscript from the PDF menu (that's how it works in 10.4.3) and save the .PS file. Now if you open the .PS file in Preview 3.0 it has been unprotected



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Remove PDF passwords using a virtual PDF printer
Authored by: aleene on Dec 04, '05 09:04:17AM

No luck with this one, I just get white pages. The idea was neat though.



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