Merging PDF files on Mac is certainly a central tool for any PDF editor. There are several scenarios where you would want to combine PDF files.
Like students who want to combine multiple assignment PDFs into one file for presentation, lawyers who want to collect relevant material from different case files into one. Also even researchers looking to combine pages. of your research in a single PDF file to be published online.
Normally, you have to open multiple documents on your Mac, then copy and paste text and other content from them into a new created file. In applications like Google Docs or Pages. However, when you do that, there is always the risk of losing styles or text format images.
PDF Expert is not the only tool for those looking to combine PDF files on Mac, but it is really simple, fast and flexible. With this tool we will guide you today.
How to join PDF files on Mac?
Disadvantages of Combining PDF Files with Native Tools on Mac
We often get this question. There are many tools available to combine PDF files on Mac and Preview is one of the most popular options.
However, there are 3 main disadvantages of using Preview to combine PDF files on Mac: The preview is not intuitive. If this is your first time trying to use it, it will be difficult for you.
- The preview loses scripts in your forms when you combine them.
- When you try to combine large files, the new one becomes too bulky.
- This is when you run into the biggest issue in Preview– Starts running in slow motion, often dragging your system.
Advantages of Combining PDF Files with Third Party Tools on Mac
The goal is to make merging flexible and easy to do. Combining files and pages should be simple and straightforward.
Here are the ways to do it:
- Go to the ‘File’ menu and press ‘Combine files’ -> Select the PDF files to be combined -> Press Combine.
- Switch to ‘Thumbnails’ mode on the toolbar to see a grid of all Pages in the current file.
- Then just drag and drop the file you want to combine into your open document.
- While in ‘Thumbnails’ mode.
- Use the special “Attach File” tool to manually select a PDF file to add to your archive and then click Add.
- Merging is usually the first part of any workflow.
- After that, you can select multiple pages and annotate, extract, delete, rotate, share, copy or paste them in the most intuitive way.
