{"id":1305,"date":"2022-07-12T17:34:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techpog.com\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2022-07-12T17:35:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:35:37","slug":"outlook-unable-to-preview-pdf-attachment-on-mac-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techpog.com\/microsoft\/office-365\/outlook-unable-to-preview-pdf-attachment-on-mac-fixed\/","title":{"rendered":"Outlook Unable to preview PDF attachment on Mac &#8211; Fixed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a Mac user is unable to preview a PDF attachment on their emails, and they have to save it in order to view the file this is usually a bug within Microsoft Outlook. 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