PDF is a wonderful format for reading documents, but once you move beyond reading, things can get complicated in a hurry. Thankfully, useful tools for working with PDF files are built into Automator, ...

My rabbit trail of the day: I have a not-small number of PDF's that I'd like to sort and file. The PDF's have customer name in them, which is what I want to sort on. The workflow(s) work exactly as ...

If you have just one pdf to convert, we highly recommend using the built-in Preview app to convert to image. If you have to regularly convert PDF to image on Mac, we recommend you using the Automator ...

More Mac 101, tips and tricks for novice (and expert) Mac users. Have you every tried to copy and paste text from a PDF into a word processor document like Pages or Microsoft Word? Most of the time ...

Building off of this thread, , I experimented a bit today trying to get automator to encrypt a PDF.<BR><BR>I doesn't work.<BR><BR>Anyone have any success here? <BR><BR>My workflow is ...

It's been a while since I've paid attention to Automator actions, and I'm beginning to realize that I never quite worked them into my daily habits. Since I'm making more of a conscious effort to fit ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Automator can list the available libraries and actions for ...

If you like to review documents on your way to and from work, you likely know that you can use Apple’s free iBooks app to read PDF files on an iOS device running iOS 3.2 or later. What you may not ...

When Apple revealed macOS Mojave at WWDC 2018 last week, the company briefly teased a new ability that allows Mac users to quickly add watermarks to multiple pages within a PDF file, or a batch of ...