Preview will combine some pdf files, but not others, what gives?

After years of PC loyalty, I switched to a MacBook Pro four years ago and found heaven. Most of that time I've blissfully worked my arse off at my office on a powerful, simple, wonder of a machine/OS. However, the latest update to my Preview app seems intent on ruining one of my favorite programs. Often I take a pdf file (a cover sheet) and add technical data pages to the pdf by combining other pdf files (drag and drop). This used to work seamlessly without hitches. After the latest update however, I cannot add certain files without an act of congress! Some files stubbornly refuse to combine, in which case I must duplicate the host file, or the files being added (often several times), saving and removing versions before it magically works! Granted, I'm no wiz and I'm quite sure I'm overlooking a simple step that will clear this confusion. Can anyone help? The lovely cash vampires at Apple refuse without payment. Thanks in advance.

GPFSarah wrote:
I'm in the process of transferring my iTunes from Windows 7 to my Mac to sync with my new iPhone 5s. I used an external harddrive to transfer iTunes, and almost everything worked smoothly.
Copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder from old computer to /Music/ on new computer.
However, there is one album that's giving me trouble. About 2/3rds of the songs from the album refuse to be transferred into iTunes, and I have no idea why. All the songs in the album are the same format (.wma) and all of them could be read in iTunes on my Windows 7 system
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You can first add them to iTunes on your Windows computer, which will convert them to AAC & then copy the converted files to the new computer.

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