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It's mentioned heavily in the article but I want to emphasize... Preview is the easiest way to slice up and merge PDF files.

ollien 4y ago
This feature is one of the few things I miss dearly since moving to Linux as my daily-driver OS. There are command-line tools but nothing compares to Preview from what I've found.
- dorchadas 4y ago
  I never realized how much I used it and relied on it until I moved to Windows over the winter break so I could game with friends. One of the many reasons my next computer is going to be another MacBook most likely. I really miss that thing.
  - Jcowell 4y ago
    It’s why I have two computers. Mac for work , PC for gaming.
- jeffbee 4y ago
  https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger
  - ollien 4y ago
    Wow, this looks great! I'll have to give this a try later tonight.
- deepspace 4y ago
  My cross-platform goto for manipulating PDF pages is PDFsam: https://pdfsam.org/ https://pdfsam.org/
- armchairhacker 4y ago
  Okular is another great pdf viewer. IMO it’s not as good as preview and idk if it supports annotations or does them as well. But it’s a great lightweight pdf and image viewer and “traditional” Desktop app.
rib3ye 4y ago
The fact that people don't know about this sucks when the feature breaks. Around 2016 it was broken for a year and then after a year, just like that it was fixed.
data-ottawa 4y ago
Preview and Automator are a powerful duo. When applying for mortgages I needed a lot of paperwork and it was so nice being able to point Automator to a folder of pdfs and documents and quickly set up a little workflow that collated everything, then it opened the documents in Preview, I fixed a few minor tweaks, signed the forms, and sent them off. It felt like I had superpowers.
- AndrewStephens 4y ago
  I have done exactly this - Automator is the other secret weapon in MacOSX's arsenal. Downloading a bunch of PDFs from my bank/broker into folder and then running an Automator script to combine them into a single PDF is the only satisfying part of collecting information for my tax return.
nerdjon 4y ago
Yes this! I had to recently compile some documents for court, they were in several different PDF's and I did not necessarily want all of it. The ability to easily copy specific pages from one document into one large document. Made life so easy. There are so many small features in Preview that just makes it such an underrated tool

ollien 4y ago

This feature is one of the few things I miss dearly since moving to Linux as my daily-driver OS. There are command-line tools but nothing compares to Preview from what I've found.

dorchadas 4y ago
I never realized how much I used it and relied on it until I moved to Windows over the winter break so I could game with friends. One of the many reasons my next computer is going to be another MacBook most likely. I really miss that thing.
- Jcowell 4y ago
  It’s why I have two computers. Mac for work , PC for gaming.
jeffbee 4y ago
https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger
- ollien 4y ago
  Wow, this looks great! I'll have to give this a try later tonight.
deepspace 4y ago
My cross-platform goto for manipulating PDF pages is PDFsam: https://pdfsam.org/ https://pdfsam.org/
armchairhacker 4y ago
Okular is another great pdf viewer. IMO it’s not as good as preview and idk if it supports annotations or does them as well. But it’s a great lightweight pdf and image viewer and “traditional” Desktop app.

rib3ye 4y ago

The fact that people don't know about this sucks when the feature breaks. Around 2016 it was broken for a year and then after a year, just like that it was fixed.

data-ottawa 4y ago

Preview and Automator are a powerful duo. When applying for mortgages I needed a lot of paperwork and it was so nice being able to point Automator to a folder of pdfs and documents and quickly set up a little workflow that collated everything, then it opened the documents in Preview, I fixed a few minor tweaks, signed the forms, and sent them off. It felt like I had superpowers.

AndrewStephens 4y ago
I have done exactly this - Automator is the other secret weapon in MacOSX's arsenal. Downloading a bunch of PDFs from my bank/broker into folder and then running an Automator script to combine them into a single PDF is the only satisfying part of collecting information for my tax return.

nerdjon 4y ago

Yes this! I had to recently compile some documents for court, they were in several different PDF's and I did not necessarily want all of it. The ability to easily copy specific pages from one document into one large document. Made life so easy. There are so many small features in Preview that just makes it such an underrated tool