PDF Export appears to be broken
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On MacOS. Updated to latest App Store release (2026.5).
When I try to export to PDF, it goes through the process, but produces a document with only metadata content and no entry content. Lots of blank pages with only the entry date and page number.
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I can’t even print a single entry at this point. Something is definitely up with the export, or specifically the PDF rendering. Let me know if there are additional details I can provide to help debug.
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Exporting the Plaintext/Markdown works. The content is all there, so the issue must be in the PDF Renderer.
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I have a similar problem, and yours and mine might well be related in app functionality.
macOS (latest), Day One 2026.5.
I cannot print a journal entry to a printer. A page comes out of the printer, but none of the journal entry’s text shows. The date appears at the top of the page, small print and in a purplish color. A page number appears at the bottom, normal size and in black. The rest of the page is blank.
Interestingly, when the pricing process starts a progress bar appears that has the caption “Processing entries for Export.” (That’s why I think the problems are related.)
I suspect printing from Day One to a printer and exporting to a PDF do through (at least partly) the same process and therefore have the same problem.
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Happy news! I was using Day One version 2026.5. I just installed the 2026.5.1 update (apparently released only 2 days ago). The problem appears to have been fixed.
Kudos and thanks to the development team!
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Hooray! This fixed it for me too. That update wasn’t in the App Store for me earlier today, but is now.
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@nathanielminto @stevekoterski Thanks for reporting this and for confirming the fix in version 2026.5.1 – that’s really helpful!
This was a known issue that we had tracked on our Known Issues: PDF Previews Appearing Blank page. We’re glad to hear it’s now resolved with the latest update.
If you run into anything else, don’t hesitate to let us know. Thanks again!
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