# PDF previews are small and blurry

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-previews-are-small-and-blurry/18252>\
**Category:** Bear Bug Report\
**Created:** [September 23, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-previews-are-small-and-blurry/18252 "2025-09-23T08:06:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![capfuji](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/capfuji/32/5805_2.png) [@capfuji](https://community.bear.app/u/capfuji)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-previews-are-small-and-blurry/18252/1 "2025-09-23T08:06:18Z")

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- **Bear Version** : 2.6.1
- **OS Version** : iOS 18.7
- **What feature did you use** : embedded pdf’s
- **What happened** : pdf’s are small and blurry in preview
- **What did you expect to happen** : pdf’s are big and crisp as usual 😊

Was happy to see that the PDF crash was solved! It works, but now my pdf’s are all small and blurry in preview (they’re sharp when openend)

 ![IMG_2163](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/3/3dd18362727c803d581633ffe6c900cd2b5c5cc8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![capfuji](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/capfuji/32/5805_2.png) [@capfuji](https://community.bear.app/u/capfuji)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-previews-are-small-and-blurry/18252/2 "2025-10-07T07:27:41Z")

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I was wondering: is this actually the fix for the pdf crash? Or is this a stop gap solution? I was relying on full resolution annotated pdf’s in my notes, together with sketches. Now since the update, sketches are page wide, while the annotated pdf’s are very small. I can’t see everything at one glance anymore.

If I’m the only one who doesn’t like the small pdf previews – fine. Then I need to find a different solution (within Bear of course 🐻). But before I do this, I’d like to know if the pdf previews will make a comeback. (Also because the previews have been one of the main new features of Bear 2.0 two years ago)

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**Author:** ![matteo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/matteo/32/21_2.png) [@matteo](https://community.bear.app/u/matteo)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-previews-are-small-and-blurry/18252/3 "2025-10-07T07:36:32Z")

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> [@capfuji](#):
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> is this actually the fix for the pdf crash?

Yeah, it’s an unintended side effect, basically a small bug. We’re on it, and hopefully the next update will bring back full previews!

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**Author:** ![capfuji](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/capfuji/32/5805_2.png) [@capfuji](https://community.bear.app/u/capfuji)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/pdf-previews-are-small-and-blurry/18252/4 "2025-10-07T07:58:17Z")

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Glad to hear 🙂 Thanks!