Quickly open two instances of the same PDF in Preview

Sometimes you need to have two views of the same PDF document (e.g. to have a quick access to the list of references in a thesis without the need to scroll to it and then back to the text). However, Preview does not allow a file to be opened twice.


The quickest solution would be to hit Cmd-P and select 'Open PDF in Preview.' You'll have a temporary copy of your PDF where you can select the second view and have both views handy for easy switching.

When you're done, just hit Cancel in the temporary document.

[crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described. A nice workaround; I looked and didn't find any duplicates of the hint.]

Source: http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=b4a9ab81c07a3ef986e7525cf7dd3e02

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