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Unlocking a PDF (OSX)

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  • 28-01-2016 5:01pm
    #1
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,050 ✭✭✭


    I have a PDF that I need to unlock. I have the read password, but everything else is locked down with an owner password (it's house insurance). I've tried asking the company but they only say it's your birth date (that's the read password) and can't help otherwise.

    Is there an app, preferably free or low cost that'll open it so I can print the damn thing?

    Thanks


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    ZENER
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    You could try printing the document to a PDF and see if that works ?

    Open the document in Preview (Mac OS X app) then click File > Print ... and at the bottom left of the window select the PDF drop down menu and Save As PDF ...

    This 'should' allow you free access to the document.

    Ken


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,050 ✭✭✭OU812


    It's locked for everything except opening under some password & opening is DOB


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    ZENER
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    So you can't even print it out then ? Are you viewing it in Adobe Reader ?

    Ken


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,050 ✭✭✭OU812


    Yeah have tried it in several PDF openers. Unfortunately it's locked down tight. I guess I'm gonna buy one of the apps that strips passwords...


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    As a stop gap you could try using PrtScn (whatever the Mac version is) to get a screen grab of each page, then print off the resulting image(s).


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    OU812 wrote: »
    It's locked for everything except opening under some password & opening is DOB

    did you try all combinations, ddmmyy/mmddyy and ddmmyyyy/mmddyyyy.


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,050 ✭✭✭OU812


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    did you try all combinations, ddmmyy/mmddyy and ddmmyyyy/mmddyyyy.

    Yup. It's AA Insurance & they say it's the DOB but damned if I can get it to work.

    Ended up getting an app to do it.


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