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=== Assistant: 😂 OK — deep breath. ===
😂 OK — deep breath. You’re not cursed, I promise. You’ve hit the ''last'' Preview gotcha, and this one isn’t obvious at all.

What happened is exactly what Preview does by default, and the fix is one tiny checkbox.

==== When you export from a multi-page PDF, Preview assumes: ====

: 

So it faithfully exported 14 pages → 14 PNG files.

Totally expected. Totally infuriating.

==== You already have everything you need. ====

===== 1. Open the PDF in Preview =====
# View → Thumbnails
# Cmd + A (select all 14 thumbnails)
# Edit → Combine Images - Choose Vertical - Alignment: Center (optional)
# Now you have ONE long image (not a PDF anymore)
# File → Export → PNG

👉 This time you’ll get exactly ONE file.

==== Exporting before using Combine Images. ====

Combine Images must happen first
Export happens after.

==== You know it’s right when: ====
* Thumbnails disappear (because it’s now a single image)
* Scroll bar is very tall
* Zooming feels like one giant screenshot

If you still see thumbnails → do not export yet.

==== Just in case you never want to deal with this again: ====
* StitchPics (iOS)
* Shottr (Mac — AMAZING for chat stitching)
'' ImageMagick (convert img''.png -append out.png)

You’re one click away from done now.
Do the Combine Images step and this saga ends.