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This is the main thing I dislike about Windows. In OS X I constantly use PDFs: print to PDF, export as PDF, quickly preview PDFs. In Windows those things either

This is the main thing I dislike about Windows. In OS X I constantly use PDFs: print to PDF, export as PDF, quickly preview PDFs. In Windows those things either require 3rd party software and/or way more time to launch programs.

rbranson 16y ago
Not to mention Preview is super fast and light compared to bloatware Acrobat Reader.
DenisM 16y ago
You make "third party software" sound complicated. Here, free PDF reader with annotations, blazingly fast: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/ http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/
- weaksauce 16y ago
  In osx you get print to pdf, reorder pdf's, remove pages from pdf's, add pages to pdf's, etc... for free out of the box. In addition using skim (3rd party) you get an excellent, fast, opensource, notetaking pdf reader. Not saying that foxit is not good, I use it all the time in windows, but it is not a full featured free pdf utility.
  - JadeNB 16y ago
    > In osx you get print to pdf, reorder pdf's, remove pages from pdf's, add pages to pdf's, etc... for free out of the box. Wow, I've been missing out! I use PDFLab to do all but the first of these tasks; I didn't realise OS X had a built-in solution. How do I do it?
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    - weaksauce 16y ago
      Use preview.app with the sidebar pulled out and you can just drag and drop pages around. Also you can delete pages from there and add in pages from other preview.app instances. You can also rotate pages from there too.
      - JadeNB 16y ago
        Beautiful—I didn't realise. Thanks!
  - DenisM 16y ago
    It's not free, the price is bundled with the hardware. If you pay as much for your windows laptop you can include PDF software in it as part of the cost.
- alanh 16y ago
  Only hackers and friends of hackers know about or use Foxit. Everyone should have a lightweight PDF reader, which is what makes the case for the OS handling it so strong.
- bmalicoat 16y ago
  I use Foxit on my Windows partition (and love it) but it isn't quite as fast as highlighting a PDF and hitting spacebar in OS X to bring up Quick Look.

rbranson 16y ago

Not to mention Preview is super fast and light compared to bloatware Acrobat Reader.

DenisM 16y ago

You make "third party software" sound complicated. Here, free PDF reader with annotations, blazingly fast: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/ http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

weaksauce 16y ago
In osx you get print to pdf, reorder pdf's, remove pages from pdf's, add pages to pdf's, etc... for free out of the box. In addition using skim (3rd party) you get an excellent, fast, opensource, notetaking pdf reader. Not saying that foxit is not good, I use it all the time in windows, but it is not a full featured free pdf utility.
- JadeNB 16y ago
  > In osx you get print to pdf, reorder pdf's, remove pages from pdf's, add pages to pdf's, etc... for free out of the box. Wow, I've been missing out! I use PDFLab to do all but the first of these tasks; I didn't realise OS X had a built-in solution. How do I do it?
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  - weaksauce 16y ago
    Use preview.app with the sidebar pulled out and you can just drag and drop pages around. Also you can delete pages from there and add in pages from other preview.app instances. You can also rotate pages from there too.
    - JadeNB 16y ago
      Beautiful—I didn't realise. Thanks!
- DenisM 16y ago
  It's not free, the price is bundled with the hardware. If you pay as much for your windows laptop you can include PDF software in it as part of the cost.
alanh 16y ago
Only hackers and friends of hackers know about or use Foxit. Everyone should have a lightweight PDF reader, which is what makes the case for the OS handling it so strong.
bmalicoat 16y ago
I use Foxit on my Windows partition (and love it) but it isn't quite as fast as highlighting a PDF and hitting spacebar in OS X to bring up Quick Look.