Apple Preview is the most underrated Mac app. Here are 7 things you didn’t know you could do with it.
Apple Preview is often underestimated as merely an image and PDF viewer, but it offers a range of powerful features. Users can rearrange, combine, and extract PDF pages easily, making it a valuable tool for document management. Additionally, Preview allows users to lock PDFs with passwords for added security when sharing sensitive information.
- ▪Apple Preview is a free app that provides more functionality than just viewing images and PDFs.
- ▪Users can rearrange, combine, and extract pages from PDFs using the thumbnail view feature.
- ▪Preview allows users to lock PDFs with passwords to protect sensitive information.
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Most Mac users see Apple Preview as only an app to view images, PDFs, and other documents. That’s it. If that sounds like you, you are leaving a lot on the table, because Preview has quietly grown into one of the most capable apps on macOS, and it’s available for free. I use the app daily to edit images, markup and sign PDFs, redact information, and so much more. So let me walk you through seven things you probably didn’t know Apple Preview could handle. You can rearrange, combine, and pull out PDF pages If you regularly work with PDFs, this one will save you a ton of time. Preview lets you easily rearrange pages in PDFs, combine multiple PDFs into one, and even extract specific pages from a PDF.
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