Does the two-page view in Preview still not work?

Hello and thanks! I just checked on my M1 iMac and MacBook Air mid-2014, still have the same issue. I select the two-page view and only see one page no matter the size of the screen. Bummer! Like this person mentions : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250195486

It apparently has to do with not showing certain pages (odd numbers?) first (to the left of) even numbered ones. I tested with different pdf's and if I have a two-page only pdf it doesn't work, but if I have one with more pages, it won"t show the first two pages side by side, but it will show the subsequent ones side-by-side, so there is a "bug" of sorts'".

Thanks! our exchange helped me look more deeply into the issue to find a "solution" of sorts.

Hi and thank you as well! Exactly what I planned to do once I figured out why dialabrain could do it, but I couldn't. End all, you can't do it with only a two-page document and when you can do it, only with even-odd pages showing. And actually yes, I do think a lot of people would want to view the two-pages from the start of the document and not just the even-odd pages since I did find discussion over the years on the issue. Whether the "a lot" is "enough" is quite another question (Ha!) . But I'll forward the suggestion just as well. ;)

This has nothing to do with the issue of the Preview app not displaying two pages. This is discussing router configuration.

Hi again and thanks! Understood, you're correct it isn't a bug, but perhaps how they programmed it to be; however, since the view is called "two-page" I didn't necessarily think "book" view. And I don't think people using that function assume that either for the forums where others have asked why it doesn't work similar to other document readers, pdf apps, etc. ( e.g. in Pages [Zoom > Two-pages], Word for Mac [View > Multiple Pages] or Adobe Acrobat [Page Display > Two-page View]).) In all cases, you can see two pages you chose side by side starting from the first page (and I think. you can even do so with only your selected pages, but I didn't test that for each one), thus I would think Preview would allow this as well.

But hey, the problem I had is solved and I appreciate the effort you took to help me resolve it. ;)

Hi and thanks, but here's what I see of what you sent and it says nothing about the Apple Preview app:

And I think now I understand that you simply showed that you were able to do it. Thanks, but what I need to know is did you do it on a Macbook Air with Big Sur 11.5 on any pdf file? I've researched the issue and I'm far from the only one that has it.