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PDF Studio Viewer, Qoppa’s friendly and reliable PDF reader / annotator / form filler, is now available on the Mac App store, and it is completely free to download, without any in-app purchases! If you are a mac user unable to markup a PDF document or fill tax forms reliably using Preview, make sure to download Qoppa’s Free PDF Reader from.

There are plenty of ways to view and edit PDFs on a Mac, but Apple's built-in Preview application is phenomenal and often overlooked. While Lion didn't wow the crowd with most of its features, it brought some amazing additions to Apple's PDF viewer/editor that puts it over the top and makes it our choice for the best.

Note: There are a few ways you could define a PDF viewer/editor, as features can range from simple form-filling to complete PDF manipulation. For this post we're concentrating on the features the average person would use, meaning viewing, form completion, annotation, and so on.

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UPDATE: Wondershare is claiming we named their Product, PDF Editor, our top choice. We did not, and they are using a false award that claims our approval. Please do not buy their products as they are a dishonest company. We've left the original text (stricken out) about PDF Editor in the alternatives section so you can see how little of a recommendation we made.

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Platform: Mac OS X
Price: Free
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Features

  • View and edit images in addition to PDF files
  • Annotate, highlight, and mark up PDFs in several ways
  • Digitally fill out forms
  • Sign PDF documents with your webcam (read on for more info)
  • Super-fast performance
  • Super-fast search
  • Insert new pages into PDFs
  • View and edit PDF metadata
  • Add and edit hyperlinks in a PDF file

Where It Excels

Preview is fast. Mac OS X isn't exactly known for its speed and efficiency, so Preview's ability to blow through PDF documents is pretty impressive. But among its many handy highlighting and annotating features, which are all solid, its ability to fill out forms is especially impressive. This may seem like a mundane thing, but when you get to the signature line it is hard to eschew at least a little reverence. Preview (in Lion) has a feature where you can sign a piece of paper, hold it up to your computer's webcam, and it'll turn it into a high-quality signature you can place in a form. It can also save multiple signatures so you don't have to continuously repeat this process. Preview is solid all-around, but it's those sorts of features that make it amazing.

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Where It Falls Short

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As incredible as Preview's webcam signature feature is, it seems kind of strange that there is no ability to sign with your trackpad as well. After all, Apple Stores let you sign for purchases with your finger on an iPod touch. Additionally, Preview wasn't exactly perfect prior to Lion and Lion isn't exactly perfect on its own. It's hard to justify upgrading to OS X 10.7 if Preview is the only draw. If you're sticking with Snow Leopard, your version of Preview isn't bad but it's certainly not the best PDF editor/viewer you can find. Apple fixed a lot of quirks in Lion, which make it a pleasure to use, but if you're not running Lion you're pretty much out of luck.

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The Competition

PDFPen costs $60 but is pretty great. If you need more features than Preview can provide, it'll get the job done. PDFPen makes page rearrangement, editing, multi-document assembly, and more very easy. While it's on the expensive side, consider it a cheaper alternative to Adobe Acrobat ($200). We've never loved Acrobat and it likely provides more features than you're going to need.

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Wondershare PDF Editor ($50) is another pricey option, but it has the ability to convert PDFs to Microsoft Word documents. We're not sure how well this works, but you might want to give it a try if that's something you need. Wondershare placed a false claim on their PDF Editor software that we considered it the best. They even created a fake Lifehacker approval image to act as if we provided them with an official award. We listed it as an alternative here, but as Wondershare has opted to falsely market their product with a seal of approval from us that we never provided, we ask that you do not buy from them.

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Skim is a great choice if your primary focus is annotation as that's what it was design to do. It has an impressively long list of features to make annotation easy.

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Got any other favorite PDF editor/viewer apps for Mac that you love? Share 'em in the comments.

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Open & Read PDF File

PDF Viewer Software use for open PDF file and easily zoom in & zoom out of documents in Mac & Windows OS. This tool allows browsing damaged PDF files. This application offer Basic File Management (Renaming, Deleting, Moving, Copying) features and it is very fast and flexible. PDF File Reader easily explore PDF files of any size (250 MB) & any type without making single changes and also provides fast and accurate recovery of PDF files.

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Software Specifications

Trial Limitations

Demo version of PDF Recovery Tool Allows to Recover & Preview the Corrupted PDF File but Restricts to Save the Resultant File.

Application Prerequisites

  • If you are using Window 10/8.1/8/7 or Vista, then please launch the tool as 'Run as Administrator'.

Supported Editions

  • Windows OS – 2000, 2003, 2008, XP, Vista, or Windows 10/8.1/8/7, 2008/2012 (32-bit & 64-bit)
  • Mac OS X – MacOS High Sierra (10.13), macOS Sierra (10.12), OS X EI Capitan (10.11), OS X Yosemite (10.10), OS X Mavericks (10.9), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
  • Adobe Acrobat 11.0 or below

Common FAQs

Yes, PDF Viewer is capable of open PDF files. This tool has viewed any type of PDF file format like corrupted or damaged files.

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No, the PDF File Viewer tool does not introduce any kind of corruption in the PDF files and is completely safe to open the PDF files in it.

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No, there is no any file size limitation with PDF Viewer Software, users can easily view and open PDF file in original format.

Yes, PDF Reader For Windows Software allows of view PDF file from any Windows OS like 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista & XP.

Yes, PDF Reader For Mac OS X Tool allows of view PDF file from any Mac OS like Lion, Tiger, Leopard etc.